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The controversy began with the revelation that a cost estimate from contractor Toshiba Inc. that was $4 billion more than CPS' own estimate was kept from the board. An investigation into what happened prompted the resignation of two senior executives and the reassignment of another. The chair of the CPS board also resigned under pressure from the mayor. The ongoing saga has shaken public and City Council trust in CPS. -
Express-NewsMilton Lee, CPS Energy CEO, is the highest-ranking officer of CPS but was moved off of daily operations in 2007 to make room for Steve Bartley, who later became interim general manager. He was given a one-year contract extension in September that limited his involvement, narrowing his focus to mentoring Bartley and working on economic development, customer relations and regulatory issues. -
Tom Reel/Express-NewsSteve Bartley, now former CPS Energy interim general manager, was named interim general manager of CPS this year after serving two years as deputy general manager. He had been with the utility for nine years and has almost 30 years of experience in the electric utility industry. Bartley resigned Nov. 25 after an investigation of the high cost estimates for the proposed nuclear expansion. -
Shaminder Dulai/Express-NewsJelynne LeBlanc-Burley, CPS Energy interim general manger, replaced Steve Bartley as interim general manager, the public face of CPS Energy, on Nov. 30. She said she was honored but surprised by the promotion, having been informed just 45 minutes before an announcement was made. She had been CPS chief administrative officer, overseeing human resources. -
Jennifer Whitney/Express-NewsAs mayor Julián Castro, is automatically a member of the CPS Energy board. He joined in June when he took office. Castro asked the two longest-serving members of CPS Energy's board of trustees to step down, Aurora Geis and Stephen Hennigan, saying they shoulder some responsibility for the breakdown in credibility at the utility. -
Shaminder Dulai/Express-NewsAurora Geis, CPS Energy board chairwoman, agreed to resign Dec. 8 after weeks of pressure from the mayor and others. Geis had been a member of the CPS board since 2002. She is first vice president of lending and senior credit officer for San Antonio Federal Credit Union. -
Shaminder Dulai/Express-NewsStephen Hennigan, CPS Energy board member, is the board's longest-serving member, appointed in 2001. One of two trustees Mayor Castro wants off the board, Hennigan says he's suspicious of NRG Energy's motives. Hennigan is senior vice president and chief financial officer for San Antonio Federal Credit Union. -
Kin Man Hui/Express-NewsFrank Burney, a longtime City Hall lobbyist and attorney who represents NRG Energy in San Antonio, supported Castro in his mayoral bid this year. He alerted Castro's office in late October that CPS Energy's cost estimate was significantly lower than Toshiba's. -
John Davenport/Express-NewsDavid Crane, CEO of NRG Energy, a partner in the nuclear project, said his company has known about the Toshiba cost issue since this summer. He confirmed that the Japanese contractor had estimated the cost for its portion of the project at $12 billion, as opposed to the $8 billion that CPS and NRG had been working with. -
Courtesy photoRobert Temple, secretary to the CPS Energy board and vice president of nuclear development, joined CPS Energy in 2004. He is one of two executives to lose his job. Temple's resignation is effective Dec. 15. But the investigation found "no evidence of a failure to disclose material information" on Temple's part. Geis would not comment on why he was forced out. -
Edward A. Ornelas/Express-NewsMichael Kotara, senior vice president of energy development, is one of two executives suspended during the investigation, Kotara was reinstated as a CPS Energy employee but lost his title of executive vice president in charge of energy development. -
Courtesy photoPhilip Cortez, councilman, secured the support of four colleagues to vote on a resolution of "no confidence" against CPS trustees Aurora Geis and Stephen Hennigan, but City Council pulled the agenda item Dec. 8 in the wake of Geis' agreement to resign. -
John Davenport/Express-NewsSteve Winn, CEO of Nuclear Innovation North America. NINA is 88 percent owned by NRG Energy, which is CPS' partner in the nuclear expansion project. The rest of NINA is owned by Toshiba Inc., which would be the main contractor on the expansion. -
Courtesy photoHomer Guevara, CPS Energy board member, is an economics professor who joined the board this year. He represents the Southwest quadrant of the city. -
Shaminder Dulai/Express-NewsDerrick Howard, vice chair of the CPS Energy board, is one of four appointed board members on the five-member board and represents the Southeast quadrant of the city. He is executive director of the Bexar County Community Arenas Board.
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