HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – Recovery is underway in Houston and surrounding areas following Thursday’s severe weather, and CenterPoint Energy is continuing its ongoing efforts to restore power.
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The video above is from a previous report.
Monday:
As of Monday at 10:44 a.m., more than 221,000 customers are incapacitated. According to CenterPoint’s outage tracker, power was restored to 302,860 customers in the past 24 hours.
CenterPoint says nearly 700,000 customers have had their power restored since Thursday, thanks to crews working around the clock.
Centrepoint expects that the process of restoring electricity will continue until the end of the day on Wednesday for customers available to receive service.
More than 200,000 people remain without power across our viewing area. This means 25% of customers have been without power since last Thursday.
Centrepoint made progress overnight, restoring power to 115,000 customers. They hope to have 85% of the outages restored by Monday evening.
Dozens of cooling centers are now open across the city. Cypress, Kingwood, Atascocita and Katy are some of the areas where shelters are available.
You can find the full list on our website.
The company experienced minor issues where its outage tracker was experiencing “slower than usual” delays, but the issue has since been resolved.
The fix came at the right time, as temperatures in Houston have reached the mid-90s and are expected to rise.
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Bellaire, Cypress, Baytown, Greenspoint, Humble and Spring Branch are among the CenterPoint Energy areas hit hard. As more details become available, the company says it will provide local restoration updates.
Centrepoint said nearly 2,200 workers and agricultural professionals arrived late Friday evening to provide assistance.
“Our crew’s visual inspections and damage assessments of our infrastructure yesterday showed that we have a lot of hard work ahead of us in the days ahead. The CenterPoint team and the mutual aid teams supporting our efforts are committed to restoring service to our customers safely,” said Lena Wilson, senior vice president of electrical business. And as quickly as possible.”
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CenterPoint said its primary focus is on homes and businesses. In a post on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, the company said that workers left before sunrise to continue repair work.
For more information, the company said it will frequently share updates to the Power Alert System and X Platform.
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