CPS battles surprise bills from ERCOT in court
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Snow and ice gripped the area in February, sending electric prices soaring and forcing some power companies out of business. State District Judge Aaron Haas granted CPS a temporary restraining order preventing ERCOT from passing on the debts of those out-of-business power companies.William Luther /Staff file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Shift supervisor Darrell Cyphers is seen in the ERCOT control room in this 2018 photo. The state’s grid operator surprised CPS Energy and other Texas utilities this week when it said it will begin collecting on millions of dollars in unpaid charges from February’s winter storm.Kin Man Hui /Staff file photoShow MoreShow Less
CPS Energy’s one-time credit for most customers out of power during winter storm is less than $11
Total of $3.5 million being credited to customer accounts
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Skyrocketing price of power could impact CPS Energy bills for a decade or more
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio residents who were without power for longer than 24 hours during the February winter storm will be offered a credit to their account, CPS Energy announced in a news release Wednesday.
CPS Energy will issue the credit during the April or May bill, according to the news release. Roughly 251,606 customers are eligible to receive the credit.
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SAN ANTONIO, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ CPS Energy is providing credits to customers who experienced extended outages during the historic winter storm that resulted in state-mandated load shedding from February 15 - 19.
During April, CPS Energy will issue a one-time bill credit to customers with active accounts during the storm who experienced cumulative outages of 24 hours or more during the declared disaster. A one-time credit in the amount of the Electric Service Availability Charge will be applied to impacted customers bills to recognize that power was not available to them. The Electric Service Availability Charge is the flat monthly cost of delivering electric service to customers and ranges from $8.75 for residential and small business customers to $10.50 for large use residential customers.
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