“We have heard the calls for change, and we are taking action now,' CenterPoint Energy President and CEO Jason Wells said in a statement.
Discover incredible Insider Deals that will make your life a little bit easierUtility trucks sit parked at a CenterPoint Energy staging center at the Houston Race Track in Houston In an announcement Monday, CenterPoint says it will be launching a new initiative focused on a series of immediate actions to improve resiliency and reduce the risk of outages from the next major storm or hurricane.
CenterPoint says it will have its more than 2,500 frontline workers and contractors taking a series of targeted actions to strengthen the grid and reduce risks of future outages by doing the following:CenterPoint will be replacing approximately 1,000 wooden poles by August 31 with stronger fiberglass poles that can withstand winds up to 132 MPH.CenterPoint will install approximately 300 automated devices, known as trip savers.
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