{"id":421901,"date":"2026-08-31T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421901\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:32:08","slug":"cps-energy-city-officials-to-provide-update-on-storm-restoration-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421901\/","title":{"rendered":"CPS Energy, city officials to provide update on storm restoration efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KSAT will livestream the news conference  in this article<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 CPS Energy and City of San Antonio officials are expected to hold a news conference Monday morning to discuss restoration efforts after last week\u2019s storm, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">KSAT is livestreaming this news conference at approximately 10 a.m. in this article. Delays are possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">There have been at least two possible storm-related drowning deaths since Friday, according to San Antonio Police Department Acting Chief Jesse Salame and utility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">As of 9:30 a.m. Monday, there are just under 2,000 people (1,992) experiencing power outages in San Antonio, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/outagemap.cpsenergy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/outagemap.cpsenergy.com\/\">utility\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/29\/tracking-storm-damage-across-san-antonio-area-after-friday-night-storms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/29\/tracking-storm-damage-across-san-antonio-area-after-friday-night-storms\/\">LIVE UPDATES: 2 possible storm-related deaths; fewer than 2K CPS Energy customers without power, officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Frank Almaraz, interim president and CEO of CPS Energy, is also expected to appear alongside San Antonio Food Bank president and CEO Eric Cooper, the news release said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Read also:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorsSamuel Rocha IV headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/SRBYREIS6TRV7FEISOBV\/\" title=\"View Samuel Rocha IV&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Rocha IV<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Samuel Rocha joined KSAT as a Newsroom Trainee in the spring of 2026. He is a San Antonio native and a graduate of San Antonio College and Texas A&amp;M University-San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>Madalynn Lambert headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/ML5FGHF15DD5BHD4DGBDBHN5DH\/\" title=\"View Madalynn Lambert&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madalynn Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Madalynn Lambert is a Reporter at KSAT-12. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2024 with a degree in journalism and minors in global and science communication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KSAT will livestream the news conference in this article SAN ANTONIO \u2013 CPS Energy and City of San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[698,3084,11532,10807,3459,82,84,83,33690,172],"class_list":["post-421901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-bexar-county","tag-city-hall","tag-city-of-san-antonio","tag-cps-energy","tag-power-outages","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-storm-damage","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}