Thousands of CPS Energy customers without power as rain hits San Antonio

Published: Wed, 08/23/23

Thousands of CPS Energy customers without power as rain hits San Antonio


An H-E-B employee runs in the parking lot with a rain pancho to collect shopping carts as an impromptu shower comes down on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. The brief showers were remnants of Tropical Storm Harold that made landfall on the South Texas coastline on Tuesday.
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MYSA
By Katy Barber
Updated 

Update at 8:10 p.m.: The CPS Energy outage map reports that 62 outages are affecting 2,988 customers. 

Original article: CPS Energy crews are working to restore power to more than 11,000 customers as rain hits parts of San Antonio and surrounding counties on Tuesday, August 22. The thunderstorms are moving into the area as Tropical Storm Harold moves through Texas, leaving some roads in Bexar County inundated with water. 

53 active outages have left 11,402 CPS Energy customers without power, according to the utility's outage map at 6:20 p.m. That figure is up from 2,200 customers at 4:20 p.m., CPS Energy said in a tweet

Crews are currently working to restore the outages which are reportedly weather-related and CPS Energy requests that drivers move over or slow down for crew and driver safety. The community can report downed power lines to CPS Energy at 210-353-4357.

According to the Bexar County flood map, there are six road closed at the time of writing: 

  • Cave Lane near Kenilworth Boulevard.
  • Cheever Boulevard near Peacock Way.
  • East Contour Dr ne.ar West Side Dr.
  • Danville near Overlook Dr. 
  • Maltsberger Lane near Hwy 281 North and Wurzbach Parkway.
  • Southwell Rd. between Huebner Rd. and Encino Park Rd. 

Foamy water runs off along Vance Jackson after an impromptu shower comes down on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. The brief showers were remnants of Tropical Storm Harold that made landfall on the South Texas coastline on Tuesday.
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By Katy Barber - Katy Barber is a digital content producer at MySA.com. She grew up outside of Philadelphia, lived in Houston and Dallas before bringing her healthy love of craft beer and video games to San Antonio.
 


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