Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday announced a plan aimed at opening parts of Texas’ electricity market to competition in cities served by municipally owned utilities, including San Antonio, where CPS Energy provides electric and gas service. Campaign finance disclosures show Abbott has received political donations from some energy-related interests.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to break up the energy sector in cities like San Antonio and Austin has brought up a more focused discussion about where some of that CPS Energy money is used.

More reactions are pouring in after Gov. Greg Abbott announced a plan on Tuesday to break energy monopolies like the one in San Antonio with CPS Energy.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones renewed her call to put the city’s $489 million contribution to the new Spurs arena up for a citywide vote.

Gov. Greg Abbott has announced a plan to change the energy landscape in San Antonio, saying his goal is to bring prices down for consumers.

As temperatures soar across Texas this week and the state’s power grid faced back-to-back peak demand days, the leaders of CPS Energy and ERCOT sat down with KSAT 12 News to address prominent questions on the minds of San Antonians.

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The devastating explosions on Preston Hollow Drive in April left neighbors uneasy staying in their homes. Jimmy Aldape, who lives close to the intersection of Preston Hollow Drive and Preston Court Drive, said he is on edge now but had a sense of ease after an inspection of his home following the explosions.

Residents at Fairways 5 Apartments on the Northwest Side say they went without power for several hours — and in some cases, days — over the weekend as temperatures were high.

Specifics are still in short supply on what led to a pair of North Side home explosions, even as the city discusses how to improve its next emergency response.

At least 17,000 CPS Energy customers in San Antonio experienced a power outage on Saturday due to heavy overnight storms, the utility said through an online post.

The San Antonio City Council voted 11-0 Thursday in favor of $142.8 million worth of city and utility incentives meant to tempt Toyota into building a new $2 billion vehicle assembly line at its South Side plant.

CPS Energy announced its interim chief executive officer on Thursday as the utility company searches for a long-term replacement of CEO Rudy Garza.

CPS Energy president and CEO Rudy Garza is retiring, according to an internal memo obtained by KSAT Investigates.

The National Transportation Safety Board released new details Thursday in its investigation into two North Side house explosions that erupted hours apart one month ago.

Following multiple KSAT requests, CPS Energy is seeking to withhold select details on two North Side homes that exploded and injured five people last month.

The North Side family who lived in the first home that exploded and went up in flames last month is suing CPS Energy.

Joint Base San Antonio’s official selection as a potential location for a nuclear microreactor has the support of CPS Energy.

Two residents injured in a North Side house explosion have filed a new joint lawsuit against CPS Energy, days after pulling their original lawsuit.

A San Antonio couple is suing CPS Energy and two electrical equipment companies after a transformer explosion damaged their home and seriously injured both.

A man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly stole copper from a CPS Energy facility and caused over $3,000 in damages, according to an arrest warrant.

Two North Side residents filed a lawsuit accusing CPS Energy of negligence after they were injured in home explosions earlier this month along with three others.

CPS Energy handed out free natural gas and carbon monoxide alarms to residents in the North Side neighborhood, where two homes exploded last week. KSAT set out to find out where to get them and how much they cost.

CPS Energy continued distributing gas detectors to residents of the Preston Hollow subdivision on Tuesday, following two separate home explosions last week.

CPS Energy announced it issued gas and carbon monoxide alarms for residents Monday in the Preston Hollow neighborhood after five people were hospitalized in two separate home explosions last Tuesday.

Three homes were evacuated out of an abundance of caution after a gas line was hit in a south Bexar County neighborhood, according to CPS Energy.

The CPS Energy Board of Trustees met on Monday afternoon, nearly one week after an explosion on the North Side hospitalized five people.

District 10 Councilmember Marc Whyte, who represents the neighborhood, spent Sunday with residents in the subdivision, some of whom still may not return home as crews work to determine the cause.

People who live in Preston Hollow say they still don't have any definite answers about what caused two homes to explode. They also want reassurances that they are safe.

While the focus right now is on what caused the blasts on Preston Hollow Drive, Texas attorney Michael Lyons is already looking ahead and raising concerns about what comes next.

People who evacuated due to gas explosions in their neighborhood say they are still feeling unsettled and worried.

Multiple people were hospitalized after home explosions on April 21 in a North Side neighborhood, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.

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At least five people were hospitalized and part of a North Side neighborhood was evacuated after two home explosions Tuesday, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.

Interstate 10 has reopened in both directions in east Bexar County after a downed powerline forced the closure, according to the sheriff’s office.

Tensions ran high at Corpus Christi City Hall as leaders debated potential solutions to the city’s growing water crisis — including a possible partnership with San Antonio’s CPS Energy.

Widespread power outages left thousands of people in San Antonio in the dark on Monday morning after strong winds swept through the area.

A Southwest Independent School District (SWISD) spokesperson said students are safe ”on campus” at Francis Scobee Middle School after the school lost power on Monday morning.

Drivers are encouraged to avoid certain areas in Leon Valley on Tuesday due to a water main break.

The San Antonio City Council wants to look at changing its development code to get a handle on a boom of data centers.

Families at a Northwest Side apartment complex spent days without electricity over the weekend.

A company is repurposing the batteries to store electricity and sell it to the grid when power from wind and solar dwindles.

More than 1,500 people told KSAT on Facebook that their CPS Energy bill increased this month, calling it “sticker shock.”

Opponents said the proposed 765-kilovolt power line could cause irreparable damage to spring-fed rivers, aquifer recharge zones and untouched ranch land.

The February 2021 freeze, one of the costliest natural disasters in Texas history, exposed deep vulnerabilities across the state’s power grid and water systems.

The owner of a west Bexar County property said CPS Energy crushed her plans to create a space for the community. Martha Perez told KSAT Investigates that efforts to reach a compromise with the utility company have been met with a threat.

Around 27,000 customers were impacted by outages during the peak of winter weather over the weekend, according to CPS Energy.

Thousands of CPS Energy customers are without power in the San Antonio area on Sunday morning.

San Antonio city officials and utility representatives held a news conference on Saturday morning to provide an update on cold-weather response efforts.

A weather-related power outage in northeast Bexar County has been resolved, according to CPS Energy’s outage map.

With below-freezing temperatures and icy conditions expected to arrive in San Antonio this weekend, there is still time to take simple steps inside and outside your home to avoid costly damage and high energy bills.

Cutting back on your electricity this weekend will not only help protect the power grid but also keep your electric bills from climbing, according to CPS Energy.

A Council Consideration Request (CCR) that would determine regulatory measures needed to address the rapid growth of data centers in San Antonio will proceed to a special committee.

CPS Energy says its energy capacity is twice as high as the record winter peak demand it saw in January 2024.

CPS Energy officials discussed their winter readiness efforts on Monday morning as cooler temperatures crept into the San Antonio area.

A vehicle struck a power line near downtown San Antonio early Monday, prompting a small outage and a nearby road closure, according to CPS Energy.

With data centers popping up across the state of Texas, including San Antonio, local power and water utilities are preparing.

Residents of a Schertz neighborhood say they have had enough of dealing with power outages that occur almost weekly.

The federal government has been in a shutdown for nearly a month, and many families in San Antonio are struggling with the ripple effects.

A 61-year-old man was arrested and charged after he drove through the front gate of the Calaveras Power Plant Station, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

A person was hospitalized after he was shot by security while driving through the front gate of the Calaveras Power Plant Station, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

Some local organizations reported disruptions with online services amid the Amazon Web Services outage on Monday.

San Antonio-based CPS Energy plans to expand its portfolio with the $1.3 billion acquisition of four power facilities in Southeast Texas.

Over 2,000 CPS Energy customers are without power on Tuesday morning as thunderstorms rolled through San Antonio.

CPS Energy is reporting two separate outages impacting nearly 1,000 customers as of 8 p.m. Saturday, according to outage maps.

Five Northside Independent School District schools were hit with power outages on the first day of school, according to a district official.

A man was killed after he was electrocuted while attempting to trim tree branches for a neighbor, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.

Bexar County sheriff’s deputies said a downed CPS Energy power line is the cause of a four-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in east Bexar County.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday for the Q&A segment to discuss Project Marvel transparency and her plans to address the city’s budget deficit.

CPS Energy is warning KSAT viewers about potential scam calls claiming to be representatives of the utility.

A “significant release” of mercaptan occurred on San Antonio’s south side on Wednesday morning, prompting several 911 calls from people believing it was a gas leak.

CPS Energy officials said crews are working to restore around 240 outages that impacted approximately 3,000 customers across the utility’s service area.

As another hot summer approaches, KSAT Explains went to a CPS Energy solar facility for a Q&A about how energy generated by the sun works, even when it's cloudy.

A utility crane collapsed along Interstate 35 Tuesday morning and brought down several power lines, according to San Antonio police.

Residents displaced by a weekend house explosion on the city’s Northwest Side have begun returning to their homes, but for many, the emotional impact of the blast lingers.

A man seriously injured in a May 31 house explosion filed a lawsuit against the City of San Antonio and CPS Energy two days after the blast.

An explosion and fire inside a Northwest Side home left a man who lived there with serious injuries.

CPS Energy’s executive team shared a single message Friday on all company fronts: the utility company is ready for the summer. The message was affirmed by Rudy Garza, the utility’s president and CEO.

San Antonio Parks and Recreation will host the official 2025 Earth Day Fiesta event this weekend.

Over 6,000 CPS Energy customers are without power on Tuesday morning as thunderstorms rolled through San Antonio.

An explosion caused by natural gas left a San Antonio mother severely injured and her son permanently disabled, according to the family’s attorney.

A Bexar County jury found CPS Energy negligent on Monday for a 2021 explosion at an East Side home that injured two people, ordering the municipality to pay $109 in damages.

Nearly 40,000 homes in San Antonio are receiving part of their electricity from a newly repowered wind farm located almost 150 miles south of the city.

A rollover accident caused a partial power outage for some CPS Energy customers on the Southwest Side, according to the utility’s outage map.

CPS Energy has announced an easier way for customers to pay their energy bills with cash and debit cards.

Four years later, even the memory of the February 2021 freeze can be chilly.

CPS Energy will discuss winter preparedness efforts during a briefing on Monday.

CPS Energy on Wednesday held its eighth annual “CRUsGiving” event, providing support to needy families ahead of the holiday season.

CPS Energy crews are working Monday night to repair a damaged underground gas line on the North East Side.

CPS Energy said it did not hear from residents who claimed multiple fires were sparked by power lines behind their West Side homes.

The San Antonio Zoo will unveil its annual Zoo Lights for the holiday season this Saturday.

Far West Side residents are concerned about fires they believe are sparked by power lines behind their homes.

CPS Energy will hold a public input session on Monday in downtown San Antonio to offer community members and stakeholders the opportunity to engage with board members directly.

Several San Antonio organizations will deploy to Florida to help with the potential impact of Hurricane Milton.

CPS Energy’s J.K. Spruce coal power plant released "seven million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, making it the 42nd-worst climate polluter in the country," according to a study published by the Frontier Group.

Last month, about a thousand dead fish washed up against the banks of Calaveras Lake. The event was classified as a “fish kill” after officials tested the water and determined the fish died as a result of a fatal mix of weather phenomena.

Over a thousand CPS Energy customers are without power on the Northeast side, according to the company’s outage map.

Five months after they agreed to a policy meant to soften the blow of future CPS Energy rate hikes, some members of the San Antonio City Council want to consider bypassing it.

CPS Energy restored power at The Rim on the Northwest Side after over a thousand customers were experiencing outages, according to the company’s outage map.

The 23-page document highlights measures to address energy equity, increase sustainability and curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.