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Storm restoration update: 96% of CenterPoint Energy customers not impacted by significant weather as restoration efforts continue; Crews mobilized and responding to localized impacts across Greater Houston area
Storm restoration update: 96% of CenterPoint Energy customers not impacted by significant weather as restoration efforts continue; Crews mobilized and
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n Localized wind gusts of 40-50 miles per hour and two to three inches of rain have impacted Greater Houston-area customers; Frontline crews and contractors worked non-stop overnight to restore power to impacted customers safely and as quickly as possible\n \n 2026-05-20T05:00:00Z\n \n \n HOUSTON - May 20, 2026 - As significant rain and thunderstorms continue to impact the Greater Houston area, CenterPoint Energy is actively responding to weather-related outages for its customers and will continue responding to further storm impacts. Approximately 96% of CenterPoint's 2.9 million customers were not impacted by the overnight waves of storms. CenterPoint crews and contractors have restored power to approximately 95,000 customers since storm conditions began Tuesday evening. The average restoration time per outage was less than 79 minutes. \n \n \n As of 5 a.m. Wednesday, crews continue working to restore the less than 15,000 customers without power and will continue working until every customer is restored.\n Emergency response efforts are being coordinated from CenterPoint's Emergency Operations Center (EOC), and CenterPoint's enhanced workforce of frontline workers and contractors are focused on restoring power to the remaining impacted customers safely and as quickly as possible.\n \"We know how disruptive outages can be for our customers. That's why our focus remains on restoring service for those affected by this storm event safely and as quickly as possible. Our Emergency Operations Center will remain activated as our crews continue working around the clock to respond to isolated outages across the Greater Houston area,\" said John Cornelius, CenterPoint's Vice President of Distribution Operations and Overnight Incident Commander.\n Actions CenterPoint is Taking to Respond\n To prepare for severe storms and respond to severe weather impacts for its customers, CenterPoint has taken the following actions:Activating Emergency Operations Center: To coordinate storm response efforts for its customers, CenterPoint proactively activated its Emergency Operations Center at 8 a.m. yesterday morning.\n Mobilizing frontline crews: Frontline personnel are actively responding to impacted areas and will remain ready to support further restoration efforts.\n Monitoring weather conditions 24/7: The meteorology team continues to track...