Abbott met with CenterPoint Energy CEO Jason Wells and the Executive Vice President of Regulatory and Government Affairs, Jason Ryan, on Thursday to discuss their proposal to better respond to future severe weather events.
Discover incredible Insider Deals that will make your life a little bit easier– Texas Governor Greg Abbott has told CenterPoint to develop a new, accelerated proposal that meets his requirements to improve their severe weather preparation and response practices after he said their initial one given was “inadequate.”
According to a press release, Abbott spent over two and a half hours reviewing the company’s proposed response to his“The Governor stressed that CenterPoint Energy’s proposal was inadequate and instructed them that more must be done and it must be completed faster than originally proposed,” the press release stated.
You can view CenterPoint Energy’s original proposal to the Governor with the new, accelerated conditions below: The new updated proposal comes after CenterPoint released their new outage tracker. The company also announced it was withdrawing its 2024 rate case filing with the Public Utilities Commission of Texas .Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up. He is passionate about weather and the outdoors and often spends his days off on the water fishing.
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