San Antonio Power Outages, Traffic Jams and Winter Grid Readiness: What CPS Energy Customers Need to Know on November 18, 2025
San Antonio woke up this week to a mix of physical power disruptions, digital outages and big promises about winter readiness. Here’s how it all fits together for CPS Energy customers. As commuters in and around downtown San Antonio dealt with lane closures and slowdowns after a vehicle knocked down power lines, CPS Energy officials were simultaneously assuring residents that the local grid is better prepared than ever for winter — even as a global internet outage briefly took the utility’s website offline. Taken together, the last 48 hours have offered a real‑world stress test of how San Antonio’s power