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Hundreds of thousands of San Antonians had to fend for themselves last week. On Monday, CPS officials said rolling outages would come and go 45 minutes at a time and would be spread throughout the city. Yet many customers sat in the dark for hours or days at a time.
Nothing about the situation felt fair.
Adding to the sense of grievance: Rudy Garza, CPS’ chief customer engagement officer, said Wednesday that the city-owned utility had enough electricity to keep San Antonio warm last week. But it had to follow the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ outage orders.
Eddie Palmer has been in renal failure for six years from a disease that attacked his kidneys. After the snowstorm Sunday night, the power went out at his house, and the indoor temperature dropped to 50 degrees.
Unable to use his machine for peritoneal dialysis, he tried to do the exchanges by hand, a cumbersome process that is supposed to be done four times a day. Palmer, 50, grew tired, and he was doing it only twice.
Finally, he couldn’t take it anymore. He drove his wife, two teenage daughters and dog around until he could find one of the few hotel rooms left, where he was able to hook up the machine Wednesday night.
Many end-stage renal disease patients have gone for days on end without a mandatory, lifesaving treatment. Lauren Caruba has more on the humanitarian crisis.
Texans unable to pay huge utility bills brought on by last week’s frigid temperatures won’t have to worry about having their power disconnected if they can’t pay. Gov. Greg Abbott said the Texas Public Utility Commission has issued a moratorium on disconnections of utilities for nonpayment. Meanwhile, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg reported CPS Energy has suspended its auto pay feature for all customers.
The San Antonio Water System has restored service to 98 percent of its customers, according to a statement Sunday morning. Still, many areas continue to be under the boil-water advisory from SAWS "out of an abundance of caution." We're keeping this page updated with the latest information about outages, closures and more.
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The Purple Pig BBQ truck isn’t hard to miss. True to its name, the truck is purple, the menu is purple and all of the staff wears purple. The barbecue is a little bit different than the classic Texas style. Read our review here.
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College basketball: San Antonio native A.J. Walker is thriving as a leader at the Air Force Academy. The Saint Mary’s Hall product flirted with transferring, but the sharpshooting point guard is determined to help build a winning culture for the Falcons.
Pro basketball: With their ranks depleted after four players registered positive COVID-19 tests last week, the Spurs on Sunday recalled second-year forward Luka Samanic and rookie point guard Tre Jones from the G League.
Gardening: It still feels like winter in San Antonio, but purple martins are back. Calvin Finch has more. In his Down to Earth column, Neil Sperry answers reader questions about browned leaves on peace lilies and more.
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