More than 99% of CenterPoint Energy's Houston-area customers maintained power through the freeze, and ERCOT didn't order rolling outages.
CenterPoint Energy averted the worst impacts to its power lines and poles during Houston's historic winter storm.
A local energy expert, meanwhile, says other factors also contributed to relatively few power outages as snow blanketed the region on Tuesday and temperatures plunged into the teens early Wednesday morning.
The good thing is, CenterPoint is reporting thousands of customers' power restored in the last 24 hours compared to how many outages they've seen.
Crews across the country join CenterPoint to take on the winter storm. Here’s how they’re ensuring power and safety for Houston residents.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP), headquartered in Houston, Texas, engages in the business of power generation and distribution. Valued at $21.1 billion by market cap, the company conducts activities in electricity transmission and distribution,
CenterPoint said a brief outage impacted about 3,000 customers on Galveston's West End, who eventually got their power restored.
With the winter storm affecting the Houston area, power is a concern that many residents have after the winter storm that affected the area in 2021.
We continue to track the weather and freezing temperatures. With a possible hard freeze tomorrow morning, CenterPoint spokesperson Michelle Hundley talks about CenterPoint's operations today.
The company is expecting 1,200 additional mutual aid workers to arrive Monday, doubling its response workforce.
Storm Enzo is expected to dump 2-5 inches of snow to the Houston area. The major utility provider is confident it won't be a repeat of Hurricane Beryl.
Heads up to those of you in Galveston. CenterPoint Energy wants you to conserve electricity where possible. According to a post on the City of Galveston’s website, CenterPoint notified them that they’re having load capacity issues. Those issues are specifically impacting areas west of 61st Street.