After a year of discussion, the state grid operator has decided the two oldest generating units at CPS Energy’s Braunig Power Station will be shut down this spring, their capacity replaced by a fleet of portable generators paid for by utility customers across the state.

CenterPoint will no longer charge its customers for unused generators in the Houston region once those units are donated to San Antonio this summer.

All Texans connected to the state grid will now pay for the generators rather than just CenterPoint customers.