CPS Energy bills jumped more than 50 percent in June, shocking customers who’ve been struggling to stay cool amid record-high temperatures.
DeShayla Solomon of Texarkana use an umbrella for shade as she and her husband, Freddie, visit the Alamo on Monday.Half of the increase — $37 — was the result of San Antonians consuming more power to keep their homes and businesses air-conditioned as high temperatures regularly exceeded 100 degrees.
But the heat wave was responsible for less than half of the June increase. CPS said expensive natural gas — which added $31 to bills — and higher rates the utility began charging customers in March were responsible for more than $38 of the June increase. Because the city of San Antonio receives about 13 percent of CPS revenues each month, the high bills that households are facing are providing a windfall for City Hall: CPS is on track to pay the city anMayor Ron Nirenberg said the blame for higher bills rests both on state officials who’ve failed to fortify the state’s creaky power grid and natural gas suppliers.
District 1 City Councilman Mario Bravo cautioned against permanently reducing the revenue the city collects from CPS, but he said it should use the additional money it’s receiving this year to provide relief to residents.“The first thing that we should do is look at deeper property tax cuts,” he said.
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