El Paso Times: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval moves El Paso Electric sale closer to completion

March 9 — El Paso Electric’s pending sale moved another step toward becoming a done deal after U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff approved transferring a nuclear-plant license to the utility’s buyer. The NRC approval, issued March 5, leaves approvals from only two other regulatory agencies needed for the $4.3 billion sale to be completed.

–– El Paso Times