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San Antonio’s gas and electric utility earneed this designation for the second year ina row. The associatio also presented CPS Energy with its Municipal Utility of the Year Award for its growth and leadership in renewable wind The AWEA is the largest nationall trade associationrepresenting America’s wind industry. It has more than 1,900 membet companies. CPS Energy is workintg toward a goal of having 20 percent of its peak energ y demand powered by renewable energyby 2020. Currently, 12.7 percentg of CPS Energy’s peak energgy can be supplied by renewableenergy sources. So far, the powee company receives 578 megawatts of wind power fromcontracter sources.
The Cottonwood Creek Wind Farm has the capacity of generating 340 megawatts ofwind energy. The Deser t Sky Wind Farm has a capacity of 160 megawattes of power andthe Peñascal Wind Farm has a capacitt of 77 megawatts of power. These farmsa are located in West Texas and alongf theTexas coast. CPS Energy spokeswoman Theresa Cortez says these numbers do not includs new sources of wind power that are stillundefr development. CPS Energy also has contracts with the Papalots Creek Wind Farm for 115 megawatts of powee and the Cedro Hill Wind Farm for an additionap 150 megawattsof power. Those two wind farms shoulcd come online in January 2010 andApril respectively.
CPS Energy offerxs a voluntary renewable-energy program called Windtricitgy that allows customers to choose to have their homesz powered by renewableenergy sources. CPS Energhy serves 690,000 electric customers and nearlgy 320,000 natural gas customers. Web site: www.cpsenergy.con
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