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CPS Energy
Image:CPSenergyLogo.gif
Type Municipal corporation
Founded 1942[1]
Headquarters San Antonio, Texas
Key people Milton B. Lee (CEO), Clayton T. Gay, Jr. (Chair of Board of Trustees)
Industry Energy
Products Electricity and Natural Gas
Revenue $1.75 billion USD (2006)[2]
Employees 3,884 (2006)[2]
Website www.cpsenergy.com

CPS Energy of San Antonio, Texas (formerly City Public Service, aka CPS) is one of the nation's largest municipally owned utilities, contributing to over 20% of the city's annual operating budget. Acquired by the city in 1942, CPS serves over 600,000 electricity customers in its 1,566-square-mile service area and over 300,000 natural gas customers in urban San Antonio.[3] A Municipal Corporation is a legal defintion for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, and towns. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Nickname: Alamo City; River City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Government  - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - City  412. ... Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ... Natural gas is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane but including significant quantities of ethane, butane, propane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium and hydrogen sulfide. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Nickname: Alamo City; River City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Government  - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - City  412. ...

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History

  • 1917 - San Antonio Public Service Company formed; owned by American Light and Traction
  • 1942 - City purchases SAPSCo for $34 million[4]

See also

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References

  1. ^ CPS Energy - About Us. Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
  2. ^ a b 2005-06 Financial Summary. Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
  3. ^ CPS Energy - Careers. Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
  4. ^ CPS Energy - History. Retrieved on 2006-09-06.

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