-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DmjgJHBLSnhABkLPJWqLAO46LYccH6uAg5xPq0ax5pz8CLdIySDBmrvHZO1mYh4Z lbbpbH2UOmnzm+jOF+PDuA== 0001193125-09-249743.txt : 20091209 0001193125-09-249743.hdr.sgml : 20091209 20091209110430 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-249743 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20091207 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20091209 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091209 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EL PASO ELECTRIC CO /TX/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000031978 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 740607870 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14206 FILM NUMBER: 091230233 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 NORTH STANTON CITY: EL PASO STATE: TX ZIP: 79901 BUSINESS PHONE: 9155435711 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 NORTH STANTON CITY: EL PASO STATE: TX ZIP: 79901 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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):

December 7, 2009

 

 

El Paso Electric Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Texas    0-296    74-0607870
(State or other    (Commission File Number)    (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of       Identification No.)
incorporation)      

 

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:

 

  ¨ Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On December 7, 2009, El Paso Electric Company (the “Company”) reorganized its legal department in order to better position itself for the future needs of the Company, including enhancement of its energy-related regulatory capabilities. Mary E. Kipp, who has served as the Company’s Assistant General Counsel and Director of FERC Compliance since December 2007, has been appointed VP – Legal and Chief Compliance Officer with primary responsibility for oversight of the Company’s legal affairs. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Kipp was a senior attorney in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Enforcement in Washington, DC. Before entering government service, she was an attorney at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, and El Paso Natural Gas Company. She received her BA cum laude from Williams College, her JD from the University of Texas School of Law, and is an alumnus of Exeter College, University of Oxford. Gary D. Sanders, who was the Company’s General Counsel, will become the Company’s Lead SEC Counsel with primary responsibility for SEC reporting and other corporate matters.

 

SIGNATURE

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

 

    El Paso Electric Company
Dated: December 9, 2009     By:   /s/ David G. Carpenter
     

Name:

Title:

  

David G. Carpenter

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

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