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CPS Energy continues restoring outages caused by overnight storms, utility says

Over 30,000 customers affected at storm’s peak

SAN ANTONIOUPDATE at 7:11 p.m.: CPS Energy officials said crews are working to restore around 140 outages that impacted approximately 774 customers across the utility’s service area.

Smaller outages that affect one to 10 customers apiece could take until Friday to restore, CPS Energy said. The utility will contact customers expected to have outages lasting more than 24 hours.

CPS Energy crews are currently responding to approximately 20 reports of downed power lines, according to the utility.

The utility follows a restoration process designed to restore power as quickly and safely as possible. When conditions permit, crews will execute multiple restoration actions simultaneously.

The order in which restoration crews work to restore power during an outage is as follows:

  • Down power lines
  • Outages impacting the most customers
  • Outages impacting priority locations such as police and fire departments
  • Single outages affecting one to 10 customers

Below is the original Thursday morning story.


ORIGINAL STORY: CPS Energy officials estimated around 30,000 people were affected by power outages during the peak of overnight storms, according to the utility.

Jose Treviño, vice president of construction and maintenance services, said during a Thursday press conference that over 11,000 lightning strikes were received in the CPS service area.

Trevino said crews began restoration work around midnight, focusing on downed power lines. This work will continue throughout the day.

The utility expects some outages to last more than 24 hours but did not confirm which areas of town were the most affected.

CPS said it was working to contact the customers likely affected by the extended outages.

In an update posted to X, CPS said it was monitoring three ZIP codes — 78254, 78244 and 78250 — with the largest reported outages.

CPS Energy said its crews were “prepared to respond to any reports of downed power lines and outages.”

The storms, which entered the San Antonio area late Wednesday and have remained steady into Thursday morning, have dropped over six inches at the San Antonio International Airport, making this the most rain recorded at the official rain gauge since May 25, 2013.

The San Antonio Fire Department, among over 200 weather-related calls overnight, responded to four transformer fires and four powerline issues, according to a spokesperson.

At least four people have died.

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