Outages and Disruptions

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (499+ words) Recent CPS Energy investments quickly slashed outages from 320,000 to 120,000, but thousands remained without power for days—even as the City moves to defund climate resilience programming. Welcome to Water and Power, a newsletter about the elements of our survival—and…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (241+ words) Wild weather in Southern California has put the home of Nicolas Cage and other residents of Malibu in danger. A 25-foot-deep sinkhole opened up near what is reported to be Cage’s home. Footage from the local NBC station shows a…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (27+ words) CPS Energy crews work to repair damaged power lines and clear downed trees following last month's storm. Three members of San Antonio City Council are...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (409+ words) SAN ANTONIO – CPS Energy interim CEO Frank Almaraz says the utility is evaluating its response to a severe weather event last Friday night that knocked out power to more than 300,000 customers across the San Antonio area. Almaraz said power for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (224+ words) More than 77,000 Texas customers were without power Wednesday morning, Sept. 2, as Tropical Depression Edouard continued to impact the state with gusty winds and heavy rain. Outages were concentrated across East Texas, with Jefferson and Hardin counties accounting for the largest…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (89+ words) news4sanantonio.com SAN ANTONIO - CPS Energy said it has restored power to all customers affected by Friday night’s storms on Tuesday, the utility said crews completed the multi-day restoration effort after working around the clock to repair weather-related outages CPS…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (262+ words) by Jaie Avila / News 4 San Antonio The Bexar County Jail was seriously affected by Friday night's storm winds. More than 4,800 inmates were left without air conditioning, and water was leaking in from the roof. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar says…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (293+ words) SAN ANTONIO - Pieces of roofs, damaged homes and downed tree limbs still littered the area Saturday morning after the storm as crews worked to make repairs and residents pitched in to clean up. One neighbor, Ray, said the destruction was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (178+ words) More than 1,000 CPS Energy customers remained without power as of 2:30pm Monday as crews continued to work to repair downed power lines after Friday night's extreme storm. The big picture: Thousands of outages were restored over the weekend, but CPS Energy…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (154+ words) Nearly 380 trees in San Antonio sustained damage during Friday's storm, city officials said. Some 2,000 CPS Energy customers remain without electricity as...