More than 99.9 percent of customers in the greater Houston area continue to have power. Workers continue to respond to scattered customer outages and delays By Investing.com

as a Tuesday at 9:00 p.mCenter Point crews have restored approximately 28,500 customers since midnight and continue to safely respond to scattered customer outages.

To ensure public safety, Center Point continues to urge everyone to stay off the roads to prevent potential accidents and outages.

In order to support other states and communities, Center Point has released joint assistants to their home states

Houston, January 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — With Winter Storm Enzo out Center Point Energy (NYSE: Texas Service area, below freezing temperatures will continue across the globe tonight Greater Houston Area. Center Point has indicated that more than 99.9 percent of its customers have power and regular electrical service. Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. Over the past 21 hours, CenterPoint crews and contractors have been responding to scattered outages as they occurred and will continue to work to address potential damage from the deep freeze expected overnight and into Wednesday morning.

Since Winter Storm Enzo began to affect the Greater Houston About 28,500 customers in CenterPoint’s 12-county service area were restored as of last night. 12:01 am As part of its preparedness plan, Center Point mobilized nearly 3,000 local frontline workers, contractors and mutual aid workers to respond to the historic storm. Tonight, Center Point released those mutual aid workers to return to their home states.

“While our actions to prepare for this winter storm have encouraged us to reduce the number of total outages, our team remains vigilant and will continue to safely respond to any emergency that may occur overnight. We want to thank those customers who have been impacted by Winter Storm Enzo and the mutual aid workers who have traveled far and wide as we work to restore them.” We want to thank you Virginia, North Carolina And Florida It will help us prepare for this storm,” he said. Darren CarrollSenior Vice President of Center Point Electric Business.

CenterPoint’s Preparation and Response to Winter Storm Enzo
as a Tuesday at 9:00 p.mCentrePoint’s preparation and response measures include:

• Deployment of frontline electrical workers: Center Point crews and local contractors will continue to respond to the impacts of the winter storm and restore power to customers. On Tuesday, Center Point released the joint auxiliaries home.
• Supporting local communities with temporary generation of temporary heating centers: Deployment of four small temporary generation units to provide power to district heating centers in cold temperatures.
• Keeping customers informed: Share security and preparedness information and resources with CenterPoint customers through direct messaging, social media and other platforms.
• Contacting Critical Care Clients: Contacting identified critical care residential and chronic condition residential electrical customers via email, phone and/or text.
• coordination with government authorities; Provide regular updates to government officials regarding preparedness and response activities to coordinate customer support.

Important information for electricity customers
CenterPoint Electric customers are encouraged to enroll in the company’s Power Alert Service ® ​​to receive outage details, estimated restoration times and customer-specific restoration updates by phone call, text or email. Customers also benefit from CentrePoint’s new and improved, cloud-based Outage Tracker, available in English and Spanish, which allows customers to view outages by county, city and zip code.

Customers can also get the latest information about CenterPoint’s preparedness and response efforts, view important safety tips and access the company’s 2025 Winter Energy Guide by visiting CenterPointEnergy.com/StormCenter. Customers can follow @CenterPoint_TX for the latest information on the company. Greater Houston area and throughout Texas.

Latest weather information b Greater Houston Area, see updates from the National Weather Service forecast office Houston/Galveston at weather.gov/hgx.

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