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The photo shows a tree that was knocked over by a strong storm that hit San Antonio on Frday, August 28.<\/p>\n
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The strong storms that swept through San Antonio over the weekend, downing power poles and tree limbs<\/a>, continue to leave nearly 2,000 residents without power. But CPS Energy officials say they expect the last remaining customer to have power restored by Tuesday night.<\/p>\n On Friday, August 28, the near-worst-case scenarios predicted by forecasters came to fruition. What was expected to be a mild storm with small pockets of dousing became an hour or so of torrential rain and damaging winds.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n How did Friday night\u2019s storm affect you and your neighborhood?<\/p>\n Most RecentTop Responses<\/p>\n N T<\/p>\n San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n 08\/31\/26<\/p>\n Still without power, this is completely unacceptable. Some of my neighbors have power but some STILL DO NOT. What happens during the next storm, or the next one, or even a stronger one? CPS needs to take responsibility for its system and it’s shortcomings. The company is a monopoly that profits and doesn’t reinvest properly in maintenance and proactive measures to ensure shortcomings like this are minimized. Imagine if a bigger storm happens, people will lose more than they did this time. CPS needs to take responsibility, but they literally have no incentive to do so. People have no alternative option, so CPS will continue to profit and fail their customers as long as this model exists. CPS is winning, regardless of how inconsiderate it is and will remain to its own customer base (a customer base that DID NOT chose CPS, a customer base that is forced to utilize their service because their is NO other option). This won’t change until the system changes, CEO firing is just a deck shuffle<\/p>\n As a result, more than 100,000 CPS Energy customers lost power<\/a>, businesses shuttered and cooling shelters were opened for residents to escape the scorching Saturday afternoon. The following days involved countless hours of crews toiling away to restore power.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cTo get us from 100,000 \u2026 to less than 2,000 is pretty amazing,\u201d San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said during a Monday morning, August 31, press conference.<\/p>\n As of 10 a.m. On Monday, CPS Energy reported 352 active outages affecting just under 2,000 customers. Interim CPS Energy President and CEO Frank Almaraz said some of the remaining repairs are among the most difficult, with downed trees and debris blocking crews’ access to alleyways and other damaged infrastructure.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p>\n