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CenterPoint Energy activates emergency response team to respond to severe storms in Greater Houston area
Ahead of Saturday’s forecasted two waves of severe weather across the Greater Houston area, including thunderstorms, high winds and the potential for localized flooding, CenterPoint Energy has activated its emergency response team. Approximately 1,300 frontline workers and contractors have been pre-positioned at 12 service centers to safely and quickly respond to any potential impacts to service.
The company’s enhanced storm staffing plan includes:
- Large repair crews dedicated to major restoration work such as replacing poles, repairing overhead lines, and restoring transformers.
- Rapid response teams focused on quickly assessing damage and performing immediate repairs where possible to safely restore power.
- Specialized underground crews working to address outages involving underground cables and equipment.
- Vegetation management teams working to clear fallen trees and trim branches that could interfere with restoration efforts.
- Material support staff ensuring crews have the necessary equipment and supplies to expedite repairs.
“While our emergency response team continues to execute CenterPoint’s storm preparedness plan and our crews get ready to respond to tomorrow’s severe weather, we want to make sure our customers are also taking proactive steps to keep themselves and their families safe,” said Nathan Brownell, CenterPoint’s Vice President of Resilience and Capital Delivery. “Sign up for Power Alert Service®, bookmark the Outage Tracker and make sure you’re staying weather aware as conditions continue to change throughout the day.”
What customers should do:
- Sign up for Power Alert Service®: Get outage updates and restoration times.
- Track outages: Bookmark our new Outage Tracker (available in English & Spanish and mobile-friendly) to see outage information in your area.
- Stay safe: Visit [CenterPointEnergy.com/ActionCenter]CenterPointEnergy.com/ActionCenter and [ready.gov]Ready.gov for storm safety tips.
- Follow us: Real-time updates will be available on X and at CenterPointEnergy.com/ActionCenter.
Source: CenterPoint Energy
