CPS Energy plans to generate half its power from clean energy sources by 2040 - storage battery

According to the new "Flexible Path" strategy proposed by CEO Paula gold to the board, CPS Energy will generate about half of its power from renewable sources such as solar or wind Energy by 2040
Williams on Tuesday
To reduce utility dependence on fossil fuels, environmental groups say the plan is not enough and will reduce air quality by continuing to use coal and gas power plants for decades.
According to utilities, about 22% of cp's electricity currently comes from renewable sources, with its natural gas power plants generating 45% of its electricity, coal generating 18%, and nuclear power generating the rest.
CPS, owned by San Antonio, has been trying to trade between fossil fuels in recent years.
"We will not build a large base --
Load the power plant again.
"I think we can say it with great confidence," Chief Operating Officer Cris Eugster said at a board meeting . ".
"I think how we can increase capacity in the future to meet our load, our preference is to use renewable energy, solar energy, but, we need to be able to afford it in a way that our community can afford, do this in the way we get reliable power.
"The company plans to add 4,100 MW of renewable energy and 550 MW of battery storage in the coming decades, Gold-
Williams said at the CPS Energy monthly board meeting.
One megawatt can power 200 to 300 households in winter and 200 households in hot summer.
Mayor Ron nellenberg said he would oppose the construction of more gas and coal-fired power plants.
"We have a lot of other options --
The scale, "nellenberg said in an interview last week.
"Unless the population has doubled overnight --
It won't. we're growing-
Among all these other changes, the rise of renewable energy conservation is meant to support not-so-big --
Cities of our size need a generation of scale.
CPS adds nearly 500 megawatts of power
Expand solar energy through a contract with San Antonio
Based on the OCI solar energy between 2010 and 2017.
Through the rebate program at CPSterritory, 88 megawatts of residential and commercial solar energy have been added.
Utilities have increased the wind
Between 2002 and 2012, 1,059 megawatts of wind power were added.
It has not expanded its wind power projects since then.
According to the plan, CPS will not fully realize its coal supply until at least 2042, executives said.
"The plan presented to the board today shows that although CPS Energy was involved in the SA climate preparation process, it did not lead the climate action," Kaiba White of Austin --
Public Citizen energy policy experts said in a statement.
"Instead, the company plans to burn at least 2042 of coal and wants to invest heavily in new natural gas power generation capabilities.
Greg Harmon of the Sierra Club says the utility "ignores a golden opportunity to roll out serious cleaning --energy economy.
"CPS Energy has delayed the acquisition of additional utilities --
Small-scale renewable energy has been going on for too long and is bent on developing coal resources through 2042 despite the project
Health risks, "said Sierra on, who is the clean energy organizer of the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter.
Eugster says the utility is still considering what it will look like in the future when reviewing whether it will retire from its three oldest factories. the V. H.
Braunig unit with capacity of more than 800 MW-
At the end of 2020
"Our belief is that our traditional fleet is indeed a bridge to our future," he said . "
He added that the current schedule means that CPS will decide by 2022 what the new "flex gen" generation will look like.
The plan suggests a generation will be needed from 2025.
"If energy storage goes through in a big way, it could be all solar plus storage," Eugster said . ".
"Paula also talked about the possibility of a small box (natural gas). al gas). ”