[Letterhead of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP]
August 23, 2010
VIA EDGAR
Robert Errett
Staff Attorney
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | El Paso Electric Company | |
August 17,2010 | ||
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 | ||
Filed February 26, 2010 | ||
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A | ||
Filed April 16, 2010 | ||
File No. 001-14206 |
Dear Mr. Errett:
This will confirm our telephone conversation in which I undertook, on behalf of our client El Paso Electric Company, to submit a written response to your recent inquiry no later than September 17, 2010. Our client needs some time to coordinate the responses with the Chairmen of the Nominating and Compensation Committees and with the Board’s outside compensation consultants. It is difficult to contact those individuals at this time because of end-of-summer vacations.
Sincerely, |
/s/ Daniel G. Kelly, Jr. |
Daniel G. Kelly, Jr. |
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP |
cc: | Mary Kipp | |
Senior Vice President and General Counsel |