Memorial Day Weekend Storms Update: CenterPoint Frontline Workers’ Response and Restoration Efforts Continue Through Holiday Weekend, with 155,000 Customers Restored Since Saturday at 3 a.m.

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2026-05-23T05:00:00Z ​​Emergency Operations Center activated and remains focused on coordinating restoration and emergency response efforts to restore power safely and quickly to all impacted customers HOUSTON - May 23, 2026 - As severe thunderstorms moved through the Greater Houston area this morning and afternoon, CenterPoint Energy crews quickly took action to restore power to 155,000 customers as of 5 p.m. today. At the peak of today's storm activity between 6 and 7 a.m., approximately 45,000 customers were without service. Approximately 94% of CenterPoint Energy's 2.9 million customers experienced no impacts to their electric service due to the severe weather, with approximately 10,000 customers without power as of 5 p.m. - less than 0.5% of CenterPoint's customers. "CenterPoint crews immediately took action across the Greater Houston area this morning and began restoring customers immediately as storms moved throughout our region and will continue working around the clock restoring power to all customers experiencing storm-related outages. We are ready to respond throughout the weekend to additional rounds of weather anticipated through Monday, and our team will remain focused on restoring power safely and quickly as possible," said Nathan Brownell, CenterPoint's Vice President of Resilience and Capital Delivery and Incident Commander. Storm-Related Response & Restoration Efforts Continue CenterPoint crews remain ready to respond across its 12-county service area to a second round of afternoon thunderstorms and will continue to actively restore customers experiencing outages, with additional severe weather expected this evening and into the Memorial Day holiday. CenterPoint's network of 150 weather stations have recorded isolated strong wind gusts of up to 50 mph in southwestern portions of the service territory, along with rainfall totals up to 1 inch, primarily south of I-10. CenterPoint's Emergency Operations Center will remain activated as crews continue supporting restoration efforts and preparing for additional weather throughout the Memorial Day holiday weekend and into next week. Responding to severe weather: Key Actions As part of its storm response efforts, CenterPoint is taking the following actions for its customers:Activated Emergency Operations Center: CenterPoint continues to monitor the evolving weather situation and coordinate s...

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