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EX-10.07 - EL PASO ELECTRIC EXCESS BENEFIT PLAN, DATED AS OF APRIL 1, 2014 - EL PASO ELECTRIC CO /TX/eeex_10072016123110k.htm
EX-32.01 - SECTION 906 CERTIFICATIONS - EL PASO ELECTRIC CO /TX/eeex_32012016123110k.htm
EX-31.01 - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATIONS - EL PASO ELECTRIC CO /TX/eeex_31012016122110k.htm
EX-24.02 - CERTIFIED COPY - EL PASO ELECTRIC CO /TX/eeex_24022016123110k.htm
EX-12.01 - COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - EL PASO ELECTRIC CO /TX/eeex_12012016123110k.htm
EX-10.28-08 - LETTER AGREEMENT, DATED OCTOBER 24, 2016, TO EXHIBIT 10.28 - EL PASO ELECTRIC CO /TX/eeex_1028-082016123110k.htm
10-K - FORM 10-K - EL PASO ELECTRIC CO /TX/a201610-k.htm


EXHIBIT 23.01


Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Board of Directors and Shareholders
El Paso Electric Company:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (Nos. 333-142557 and 333-196628) on Form S-8 and (No. 333-198989) on Form S‑3 of El Paso Electric Company of our report dated February 24, 2017, with respect to the balance sheets of El Paso Electric Company as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related statements of operations, comprehensive operations, changes in common stock equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, which report appears in the December 31, 2016 annual report on Form 10-K of El Paso Electric Company.


/s/ KPMG LLP



Houston, Texas
February 24, 2017