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Powering a City: How Energy and Big Dreams Transformed San Antonio

By Catherine Nixon Cooke, Bill Greehey (Foreword by), Char Miller (Introduction)
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By Catherine Nixon Cooke, Bill Greehey (Foreword by), Char Miller (Introduction)
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At the center of San Antonio’s growth from a small pioneering town to a major western metropolis sits CPS Energy, the largest municipally owned energy utility in the United States and an innovator in harnessing, conserving, and capitalizing on natural energy resources.

The story of modern energy in San Antonio begins in 1860, when the San Antonio Gas Company started manufacturing gas for streetlights in a small plant on San Pedro Creek, using tree resin that arrived by oxcart. The company gr...

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