Centerpoint’s CEO Jason Wells’ testimony comes a week after he met with the Texas Public Utility Committee (PUC) where he apologized to Houstonians. Today, we can expect Wells to double-down on initial action plans to increase resiliency.
, the energy giant’s CEO will testify before a special senate committee in Austin Monday morning for its response toknocking out power to over 2 million CenterPoint customers.
Some didn’t get their power back for more than a week and were forced to live in dangerously hot conditions inside their homes with‘Talk is cheap’: Outage victims react to CenterPoint’s apologies and promises to do better‘Several levers he can use’: Does Gov. Greg Abbott really have power over CenterPoint Energy?will return to the capitol not as a lawmaker but as Houston’s mayor to discuss how his team responded and we likely can hear him talk about the state and city partnership.
Lastly, the hearing is open to public testimony so we may hear from people who were directly impacted. KPRC 2 will continue to bring you coverage of the hearing throughout the day in a live report and online.Historian, educator, writer, expert on "The Simpsons," amateur photographer, essayist, film & tv reviewer and race/religious identity scholar. Joined KPRC 2 in Spring 2024 but has been featured in various online newspapers and in the Journal of South Texas' Fall 2019 issue.
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