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San Antonio is stepping up to lead Texas and the nation into a clean energy future. CPS Energy is leading the charge. We have embarked on a new path -- investing in innovative technologies that will protect our environment, help our customers use energy more wisely, and leverage valuable economic development opportunities for our community’s future. We call it the New Energy Economy, and we’re just getting started.
CPS Energy’s mix of generation resources, including nuclear, coal, natural gas, wind and solar technologies, is among the most diverse in the nation. Now, we're ready to become America's leader in clean energy research and development. “San Antonio can be for the New Energy Economy what Silicon Valley is to software and Boston is to biotech,” says Mayor Julian Castro.
Already, CPS Energy has committed to making cleaner, renewable energies 20 percent of its generation resources by 2020. We’re also committed to reducing power plant emissions by tens of thousands of tons per year. In June, our CEO, Doyle Beneby, declared a 1970’s-era coal plant would be mothballed in 2018 – 15 years earlier than planned.
“At CPS Energy, we are in the enviable position of having safe, affordable nuclear power and a new coal plant with the best-available, emissions-control technology," says Beneby. "These resources allow us to support the development of clean technologies to generate electricity, while maintaining rates among the lowest in the nation.”
The foundation of San Antonio’s New Energy Economy is built on partnerships with companies who share our belief in clean energy and energy efficiency. CPS Energy already is working with the following companies to turn innovation into economic development for all.
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