CPS Energy keeps the power update at 2:30 p.m.

SAINT ANTHONY – CPS Energy will hold a virtual press conference at 2:30 pm on Tuesday to provide information on efforts to restore energy to hundreds of thousands of residents who have been without electricity for long hours in the midst of this storm. winter.

The information will be reproduced live in this article.

About two-thirds of CPS Energy networks continue to have rotating shutdowns, but with unprecedented energy demand, residents have reported that outages have lasted several hours or more. The other third of the network continues to be powered because these circuits feed critical services, such as a hospital, a base, or a police department.

Paula Gold-Williams, president and CEO of CPS Energy, said Monday that most of the disruptions residents experience are due to rotations. Without continued shutdowns, entire networks would be left offline, leaving them without power indefinitely, Gold-Williams said.

Because of the demand, which has surpassed the demand observed during the summer months, CPS officials are asking people to save energy when possible.

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The dangerous mass of cold air in San Antonio will keep temperatures below freezing for most of Tuesday. There will be a partial merger, only to see everything freeze again on Wednesday morning.

After Tuesday’s sunset, freezing rain and freezing rains are expected.

Some San Antonio residents without electricity told KSAT that they have resorted to grouping or heading to their vehicles to get a brief relief from their cold homes.

As of 11 a.m., about 320,000 customers in Bexar County are affected by power outages.