Final paycheck for Paula Gold-Williams topped $1 million, CPS Energy records show
A majority of that money, more than $751,000, came in the form of a โrestoration payment.โ An attorney representing the utility described the payment late Tuesday as a distribution of benefits from a non-qualified retirement plan that is taxable when earned.
Winter storm issues exposed a cascade of scandals at CPS Energy in 2021
While Februaryโs deadly winter storm not only left hundreds of thousands of San Antonio residents without power in subfreezing temperatures, some for days on end, it also exposed a large number of organizational issues within CPS Energy, the largest public power company in the nation.
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CPS Energy CEO says utility is fighting natural gas suppliers in court โevery day.โ But theyโve dropped multiple lawsuits.
CPS Energy officials have dismissed at least three lawsuits against natural gas suppliers it accused of price gouging and charging exorbitant rates for fuel during Februaryโs winter blast, court records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.
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CPS Energy executiveโs comment about โMexicansโ drew ethics complaint, records show
The ethnically insensitive comment, made in front of four fellow employees, led to a complaint being filed against Bonewell with the utilityโs Ethics and Compliance Hotline a week later, internal CPS records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.
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CPS Energy CEOโs treatment left senior staff โdejected, despondent and downtrodden,โ newly released complaint alleges
Officials with CPS Energy this month were forced to release a copy of a 2020 complaint that alleges its president and CEO, Paula Gold Williams, repeatedly mistreated members of the utilityโs senior leadership team.
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Six SA families have now filed wrongful death lawsuits against CPS Energy following winter storm
Two more San Antonio families joined a growing list of people who have filed wrongful death lawsuits against CPS Energy, claiming the utility contributed to the deaths of their loved ones in February, court records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.