CPS Energy

As of 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, 145 CPS Energy customers remained without power, with full restoration expected by Tuesday night. Three resilience hubs remain open, and brush-disposal fees are waived through Sept. 7.

Governor Greg Abbott is calling for the San Antonio electricity market to be opened up to private for-profit power companies. CPS Energy is the largest municipally owned electricity provider in the nation, and each year contributes about half a billion dollars to the city’s general fund. CPS Energy joins us to explain what Abbott’s proposal could mean for your power bill and for funding city programs.

San Antonio Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito is calling for renewed scrutiny of cybersecurity protections at the city’s municipally owned water and electric utilities following attacks on water systems in Minnesota.

Should San Antonio have another vote on city funds for Project Marvel? San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones says a second vote is needed. She joins The Source to explain why. Also what's her response to Governor Greg Abbott wanting to open the San Antonio electricity market to private companies? And should San Antonio have a moratorium on data centers?

CPS Energy leaders are mounting a defense of San Antonio’s municipally owned utility model after Gov. Greg Abbott called for opening its service territory to competing retail electricity providers.

The San Antonio-owned utility has kept rates low compared to other Texas metros, but Abbott doesn’t like how its profits fuel the city budget.

A judge ruled that CPS Energy breached contracts for natural gas purchased during the February 2021 winter storm, rejecting the municipally owned utility's claim that the agreements were unconscionable and ordering it to pay nearly $400 million to two Energy Transfer subsidiaries.

A special session of the San Antonio City Council on Monday was meant to provide information about two home explosions on the city’s Northeast side in April, but a federal investigation isn’t allowing much to be said.

CPS Energy named Chief Operating Officer Frank Almaraz as the interim head of the utility on Thursday during a special meeting.

Rudy Garza, the president and CEO of CPS Energy, delivered a notice of his intent to retire to the utility’s Board of Trustees on Monday. News followed that he will be general manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority.