Bloomberg Law
Nov. 28, 2018, 12:15 PM UTC

San Antonio Utility CEO in a Balancing Act Toward Cleaner Energy

Karn Dhingra
Karn Dhingra
Staff Correspondent

The head of the biggest municipally owned electric and natural gas utility in the U.S. describes her relationship with environmentalists as “good, but not easy.”

“Are they tough? Are they demanding? Do they want us to take more aggressive views towards renewables and solar projects? Of course,” Paula Gold-Williams, CEO of San Antonio’s CPS Energy, told Bloomberg Environment.

But getting there is a balancing act.

In recognizing the role environmentalists play in shaping the utility’s energy future, however, Gold-Williams said she decided that more communication was needed. In 2011, CPS started an environmental stakeholders group that meets once ...

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