San Antonio s CPS Energy to resume household disconnections Oct. 1
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CPS Energy President and CEO Paula Gold-Williams listens as the Emergency Preparedness Committee presents their report on the February storm to the San Antonio City Council, Thursday, June 24, 2021.Jerry Lara / San Antonio Express-News
On Oct. 1, CPS Energy will begin disconnecting residential customers who are behind on their power bills and haven’t worked out payment plans with the city-owned utility.
Monday’s announcement came 16 months after the utility at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily stopped cutting off power to households that are behind on their electric and gas bills.
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Despite
hotter-than-normal summer temperatures in the forecast, private electricity companies are pressuring the Public Utility Commission of Texas, or PUC, to allow power shutoffs for people who haven’t paid their bills.
Many Texans are behind on electricity bills: nearly 170,000 in San Antonio and about 50,000 in Austin areas where electricity is provided by city-owned utilities. The average past-due amount is about $600.
NRG and Vistra the massive conglomerates whose subsidiaries dominate the state’s deregulated electricity market, which includes Houston and Dallas did not answer TPR s questions about how many of their customers owe money.