Frank Almaraz

“Some of these outages are going to extend several days, so please begin making plans now put your emergency plan into effect.”

Frank Almaraz · said 2026-08-29 · reported 2026-08-29

CPS Energy's interim CEO advises residents to prepare for extended power outages.

“We should have a significant reduction in our outages throughout the day today, but as we clear the big ones and then get to the smaller and smaller ones, it will take days to do that, I would expect through the weekend, and you know into the early part of next week as a you know preliminary assumption,”

Frank Almaraz · said 2026-08-29 · reported 2026-08-29

CPS Energy's interim CEO warns that smaller outages will take longer to resolve over the weekend and into the next week.

“As we get smaller and smaller, the number gets harder and harder because it turns into individual outages where there may be just two or three people, and there’s many of those,”

Frank Almaraz · said 2026-08-30 · reported 2026-08-29

CPS Energy's interim CEO explains why power restoration numbers slow down as outages become smaller and more isolated.

“Because of extensive damage caused by wind and falling trees, we have downed lines, broken poles, and fallen trees,”

Frank Almaraz · said 2026-08-29 · reported 2026-08-29

CPS Energy's interim CEO describes the physical damage caused by the storm during a Saturday news conference.