Houston's power grid was crippled by Hurricane Beryl, leaving more than two million residents without power and prompting many to ask KPRC 2 about the feasibility of burying more power lines.
centerpointdiscovered that CenterPoint had over 21,000 miles of distribution lines underground, and 26,000 miles of transmission lines buried, as stated on the company’s website. Officials revealed that about 60% of their customers are served by these underground lines.found that CenterPoint Energy has undertaken 66 major underground engineering projects since 2018.
CenterPoint Executive Vice President Jason Ryan speaks with KPRC2's Gage Goulding about the storm in May and the upcoming hurricane season., Jason Ryan, the Executive Vice President of Regulatory Service and Government Affairs, stated: “We run and maintain enough distribution lines to go around the world more than twice.”Ryan emphasized, “We need state approval to significantly increase our undergrounding efforts.
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