Houston — July 10, 2024 – CenterPoint Energy has restored more than 1 million of the 2.26 million customers impacted by Hurricane Beryl in the first 55 hours of its restoration efforts, and continues to focus on restoring customers without power. Based on its continued progress, the company expects to have an additional 400,000 customers restored by the end of the day on Friday, July 12 and an additional 350,000 customers restored by the end of the day on Sunday, July 14.
- Company achieves goal of restoring 1 million customers by end of the day today
- Additional 400,000 impacted customers expected to be restored by the end of the day on Friday, July 12; 350,000 more by the end of the day on Sunday, July 14
- More specific estimated restoration times for customers to begin tomorrow
CenterPoint's crews are nearing completion on damage assessment, with more than 8,500 miles of its circuits walked and thousands of miles flown across the Greater Houston area. Crews have identified extensive tree damage across the company's system. Trees across the Greater Houston area were particularly vulnerable due to three unusual years of weather, including significant freezes, drought and heavy rain this past spring. Downed trees and a significant amount of tree debris had a major impact on CenterPoint's distribution system of poles and wires. As crews see tree damage blocking circuits and causing outages, they have been removing it to quickly restore impacted customers.
“Our restoration progress so far reflects our continued commitment to deliver on our promises to our customers," said Lynnae Wilson, Senior Vice President, Electric Business. “We are fully focused on achieving our next restoration goals, while continuing to address the issues in the hardest-hit areas where there is major damage to our equipment and infrastructure."
With sustained near hurricane-force winds and higher gusts as it moved well inland, Hurricane Beryl caused significant structural damage in some areas, including along the coast where parts of the electric system will need to be rebuilt. There was also major damage away from the coast related to the density of Houston and the electric infrastructure that serves it. Parts of these areas are also expected to experience prolonged outages. CenterPoint understands how important it is for customers to be able to plan around their outages, so more specific estimated restoration times will be available tomorrow.
CenterPoint's electric customers are encouraged to enroll in Power Alert Service® to receive outage details and community-specific restoration updates as they become available. For information and updates, follow @CenterPoint for updates during inclement weather events.
