As temperatures drop, memories of the February 2021 freeze and power crisis tend to rise for some.

Even five years later, they hung like icicles over a Monday news briefing at CPS Energy headquarters. CEO Rudy Garza said he hoped the seasonal prep sessions would start to feel more routine for the community.

“We are ready for anything that mother nature has to throw at us this winter,” he said, “but I’m proud of the fact that it’s been quite some time since we’ve had a winter or summer event that has as has impacted our customers, and we hope to keep it that way this winter season.”

CPS Energy says its energy capacity is twice as high as the record winter peak demand it saw in January 2024.

But the 2021 freeze prompted a power shortage across the Texas grid, which led to the Electric Re

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