Houston Storm-Related Power Outages: CenterPoint Continues to Restore Power to Areas Hardest Hit by Deadly Storm in Southeast Texas

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Recovery is underway in Houston and the surrounding area following Thursday’s severe weather, and CenterPoint Energy is continuing its efforts to restore power.

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MONDAY:

As of 10:44 a.m. Monday, more than 221,000 customers are powerless. According to CenterPoint’s outage tracking system, 302,860 customers had their power restored in the last 24 hours.

CenterPoint says nearly 700,000 customers have had their power restored since Thursday, thanks to crews working around the clock.

CenterPoint expects power restoration to continue through the end of the day Wednesday for customers available to receive service.

More than 200,000 people are still without electricity in our viewing area. That represents about 25% of customers who were without power since last Thursday.

Centerpoint moved forward overnight, restoring power to 115,000 customers. They hope to restore 85% of the outages by Monday evening.

Dozens of cooling centers are now open across the city. Cypress, Kingwood, Atascocita and Katy are just a few areas with shelter available.

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The company experienced slight issues as its power outage tracker was experiencing “slower than normal” delays, but the issue has since been resolved.

The fix came just in time, as temperatures in Houston reached the mid-90s and were expected to rise.

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Bellaire, Cypress, Baytown, Greenspoint, Humble and Spring Branch are among the hardest hit CenterPoint Energy territories. As more details become available, the company says it will provide localized rollback updates.

CenterPoint said nearly 2,200 line workers and vegetation professionals arrived late Friday evening to help.

“Our teams’ visual inspections and damage assessments of our infrastructure yesterday showed that we have a lot of work to do in the coming days. The CenterPoint team and the support teams supporting our efforts are committed to restoring service to our customers. as safely and quickly as possible,” said Lynnae Wilson, senior vice president of electrical.

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CenterPoint said its primary focus is homes and businesses. In a post on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, the company said workers went out before sunrise to continue repair work.

For more information, the company said it will frequently share updates on its electrical alert system and X platform.