UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 3, 2005

El Paso Electric Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Texas	0-296	74-0607870
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)
Stanton Tower, 100 North Stanton, El Paso, Texas		79901
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
	(915) 543-5711
	(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
	N/A
	(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

El Paso Electric Company ("the Company") announced on June 3, 2005 the final results of its previously announced cash tender offer for its 8.90% Series D First Mortgage Bonds due February 1, 2006 and its 9.40% Series E First Mortgage Bonds due May 1, 2011. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release issued by the Company dated June 3, 2005.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY
June 3, 2005	By:	/s/ Raul A. Carrillo, Jr.
		Name:	Raul A. Carrillo, Jr.
		Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release issued by the Company dated June 3, 2005.

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