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CenterPoint Energy continues to prepare for weekend winter weather and secures 600 additional frontline workers to support emergency response efforts as ERCOT issues Weather Watch and Texas Governor declares State of Emergency
To support its customers and communities, and following several days of actively preparing for this weekend's forecasted severe winter weather system, CenterPoint Energy secured over 600 additional frontline workers for an expanded workforce of 3,300 workers to address the approaching winter storm. Additionally, the company is standing up three staging sites Thursday at strategic locations across the northern portion of the Greater Houston area to pre-position resources to support potential rest
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