As Houston enters its fifth day without power following Hurricane Beryl, CenterPoint Energy updates on restoration efforts. With over a million homes still in the dark, crews are working 16-hour shifts to rebuild damaged infrastructure. 'We know we still have a lot of work to do,' says CenterPoint’s Jason Ryan.
‘I’ve never stolen anything in my life’: Brother charged in Houston contract scandal uncovered by KPRC 2′s ‘DRAINED’Local NewsA fleet of utility trucks line up Wednesday morning to help restore power after Hurricane Beryl brought major power outages in Houston.– Some Houston residents are now on their fifth day without power after Hurricane Beryl swept through the Texas coast, leaving substantial damage, including the loss of power to millions of homes and businesses.
Ryan said although CenterPoint wasn’t sure of Beryl’s direct path until days prior, the team prepared by calling on 12,000 crews to help with the storm’s impact and opening 18 staging sites among other things. By the end of the day Friday, CenterPoint said it plans to have another 400,000 customers’ power restored, and by Sunday, it plans to have an additional 350,000 customers’ power restored.He added that about 500,000 customers, mostly located in Matagorda County, Brazoria County, and parts of Galveston County, will be without power going into next week, but they are hoping to bring in additional crews this weekend to help speed up the process.
When asked by the PUC what is taking so long to restore the power, Ryan said the hardest-hit areas, like The Woodlands, require crews to rebuild the infrastructure and remove debris on the distribution system.
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