renewable energy Archives - San Antonio Report

Local environmental groups to host ‘Sun Day’ calling for clean energy deployment

by Josh Archote September 19, 2025September 17, 2025

Local groups will host a free family-friendly “Sun Day” event this Sunday, advocating for the deployment of renewable energy.

CPS Energy must first be reliable

by W. Reed Williams January 6, 2023January 9, 2023

The Calaveras Power Plant.

Choice of future power mix for CPS Energy narrows as board vote nears

by Lindsey Carnett December 8, 2022December 8, 2022

Who benefits from renewable energy subsidies? In Texas, it’s often fossil fuel companies

by Nathan Jensen and Isabella Steinhauer August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island, with the operational plant run by Exelon Generation, in Middletown, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2019.

It’s time for Texas to go big on nuclear energy

by Jorge Velasco July 21, 2022July 20, 2022

CPS Energy Spruce units.

Here’s what has to happen before CPS Energy can shut down its last coal plant

by Lindsey Carnett June 6, 2022October 28, 2022

Texas flags fly near an electrical substation in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost their power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze.

Nuclear power is key to the future of green energy in South Texas

by Mike Chapline August 10, 2021October 12, 2022

CPS Energy assures customers that even if they are behind on payment they will not face service disconnection.

CPS Energy’s commitment to leaky natural gas not in line with climate plan goals

by Mario Bravo January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

CPS Energy Calaveras Power Station hosts the Deely and Spruce coal power plants.

Trump Unveils Major Rollback of Obama’s Clean Power Plan

by Kiah Collier August 21, 2018October 23, 2018

The panels include a state-of-the-art sun tracking system which makes them 30%more efficient. Photo by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone.

Emission Impossible? Few Signs of Coal Revival Despite Trump Administration Support

by Paul Feldman March 12, 2018March 12, 2018