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News Releases Archive

CPS Energy has disseminated the following news releases to various media outlets during the current calendar year. Questions regarding these news releases should be directed to our Corporate Communications Department at (210) 353-2344.



August 16, 2010
 
CPS Energy customers broke the all-time one-hour record for electrical usage Monday afternoon as the temperature climbed above 100 degrees.
July 22, 2010
 
After a selection process lasting more than a year, the Board of CPS Energy today in a special meeting named Doyle Beneby as its new President and Chief Executive Officer.
June 23, 2010
 
CPS Energy Volunteers in Public Service (VIPS), San Antonio’s gas and electric utility employee volunteer corps, today delivered 2,375 box fans to the community-wide Project Cool campaign to help disadvantaged Bexar County senior citizens 60 and older beat the South Texas heat.
June 08, 2010
 
Mayor Julián Castro joined the CPS Energy Board of Trustees and the University of Texas at San Antonio on Tuesday to announce a 10-year, $50 million agreement to position San Antonio as a national leader in green technology research.
June 08, 2010
 
The CPS Energy Board of Trustees appointed three new members to the natural gas and electric utility’s Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) during Tuesday’s regular board meeting.
June 03, 2010
 
High winds and countless lightning strikes caused major power outages in and across Greater San Antonio, according to officials at CPS Energy’s Energy Management Center (EMC). As many as 120,000 electric customers throughout the community were affected at the height of the storm, around 10 p.m. last night.
June 03, 2010
 
The countless lightning strikes and high winds that came through Greater San Antonio last night have caused major damage to our equipment. This is the most destructive storm we have had since 1998. CPS Energy crews are working non-stop to restore power to the over 120,000 electric customers originally affected.
May 27, 2010
 
Do you have a honey-do list that includes upgrading your home appliances? This weekend you could get more bang for your buck by taking advantage of the Memorial Day weekend tax-free holiday and CPS Energy rebates for ENERGY STAR® appliances and home equipment.
May 04, 2010
 
The average customer can expect to pay about 4 percent less on CPS Energy bills this summer compared to last summer, according to CPS Energy analysts.
April 30, 2010
 
Today CPS Energy launched an active map on its web site to show customers where electrical outages are around the service area, and the expected time it will take to restore power.
April 15, 2010
 
CPS Energy, Duke Energy and juwi solar Inc. are proud to announce that work crews recently started construction of Texas’ largest solar farm on a 139-acre site in southeast San Antonio.
March 22, 2010
 
CPS Energy priced $380 million of Build America Bonds (BABs) last week and received an extremely favorable net interest rate of 3.85%.
March 09, 2010
 
With spring upon us, people are getting outdoors. Make sure your fun in the sun stays clear of power lines.
February 17, 2010
 
CPS Energy Acting General Manager Jelynne LeBlanc Burley announced today that the city-owned utility and Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) have negotiated a settlement valued at $1 billion that ends the parties’ legal disagreement and allows the proposed expansion of South Texas Project (STP) Units 3&4 to proceed.
February 10, 2010
 
In anticipation of the cold weather, CPS Energy urges customers to prepare in the interest of being safe and controlling energy costs.
January 28, 2010
 
The CPS Energy Board of Trustees appointed two new members to the natural gas and electric utility’s Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) at last Friday’s board meeting.
January 26, 2010
 
After more than a dozen motions filed against CPS Energy by NRG Energy since Dec. 30, Bexar County District Judge Larry Noll, today, denied NRG Energy’s motion for summary judgment.
January 22, 2010
 
Newly appointed trustee Charles Foster will head the CPS Energy Board as its new chair. Staff also presented a $1.7 billion budget and bond proposal.
January 22, 2010
 
On the last day for motions before trial, State District Court Judge David Berchelmann denied NINA and NRG Energy’s last attempts to delay the trial set for Monday.
January 19, 2010
 
CPS Energy received word late Tuesday that NRG Energy has filed another motion to attempt to delay the scheduled court date of Jan. 25.
January 19, 2010
 
As CPS Energy prepares to go to trial with New Jersey-based electricity wholesaler NRG Energy, the community-owned utility remains focused squarely on the customers of Greater San Antonio.
January 19, 2010
 
CPS Energy received word late Tuesday that NRG Energy has filed another motion to attempt to delay the scheduled court date of Jan. 25.
January 12, 2010
 
The CPS Energy Board of Trustees nominated Charles Foster to fill the vacated seat representing the service area’s Northwest Quadrant.
January 11, 2010
 
Top CPS Energy officials are still available for a meeting today with top officials of NRG Energy and Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) to seek an out-of-court solution in a dispute over the proposed expansion of the South Texas Project (STP) nuclear power plant in Matagorda County, however preliminary meetings among legal teams of the various parties have not been fruitful.
January 06, 2010
 
In anticipation of the coldest weather so far this winter, CPS Energy urges customers to prepare in the interest of being safe and controlling energy costs.
January 04, 2010
 
CPS Energy has received the contractually mandated cost estimate for proposed South Texas Project (STP) Units 3 and 4 from contractor Toshiba, however the utility will make no decisions on the project until rigorous analysis of price and methodology is completed.
January 04, 2010
 
CPS Energy received 15 applications from candidates interested in filling a forthcoming vacancy on the Board of Trustees representing the northwest quadrant of the utility’s service territory.
December 31, 2009
 
Today, the Bexar County District Court Judge John D. Gabriel denied Nuclear Innovation North America, LLC (NINA) their request to place a temporary restraining order against CPS Energy.