The nation’s longest government shutdown ended more than a month ago, but it’s still costing CPS Energy.
The city-owned utility is reporting a $10 million surge in its past-due balances, as tens of thousands of San Antonians — many of them federal government employees — struggled to pay their bills.
CPS officials blame the spike on the government shutdown, which ran from Oct. 1 through Nov. 12. Nearly 200,000 government workers make up nearly 16% of San Antonio’s non-agricultural labor force, according to federal data…