Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Altice offering gigabit service
Altice USA, the parent company for Suddenlink, is offering its 1 gigabit internet service to Suddenlink customers in Clovis, Texico and Farwell, according to a company news release.
Altice USA Vice President of Suddenlink Operations Brian Borthwick said the company’s Oct. 4 announcement is part of “Operation GigaSpeed,” the company-wide plan to make its Suddenlink gigabit service available to all households and businesses in the area.
In addition to launching its 1 gigabit per second download speed, Altice USA increased other Suddenlink residential internet speeds at no additional cost to customers, the release said.
“The standard Suddenlink residential internet download speeds in Clovis, Texico and Farwell are now up to 50, 100, and 200 Mbps (megabits per second),” the news release said.
Xcel celebrates solar project
Xcel Energy celebrated the commissioning of the state’s largest solar energy project, according to an Xcel news release.
The Roswell and Chaves County Solar Energy Centers feature approximately 600,000 solar panels with trackers that will follow the sun from east to west each day to maximize energy production, according to the release.
Together, the projects have a generating capacity of 140 megawatts, or enough to power more than 40,000 homes.
The energy will serve customers of Xcel Energy in New Mexico and Texas starting this year under two power purchase agreements with NextEra Energy Resources, which will be running the facility.
The projects have created about 300 jobs in Chaves County during the construction phase, as well as five full-time positions to operate the energy centers, the release said.
Over their operational life, the two energy centers are expected to generate payments in lieu of property taxes of $660,000 per year for the area.
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