Operations leadership remains in Florida to support ongoing efforts as
restoration continues in the hardest-hit areas
HOUSTON, Oct. 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy is proud to
have answered the call from its peer utilities on the East Coast to
provide mutual assistance support following the impacts of
Hurricanes Helene and Milton. For the last month, at peak,
approximately 350 CenterPoint leadership, frontline workers and
contractors have been in Florida,
Georgia and the Carolinas
providing mutual aid assistance in some of the hardest-hit regions.
Over the course of both hurricanes, CenterPoint workers and
contractors repaired scores of poles, transformers and spans of
wire, which helped restore power to thousands of residents in
multiple states.
As the frontline workers who've been working to repair and
replace damaged electric infrastructure make their way home to
Houston and Evansville, Indiana, a few members of
CenterPoint's Houston electric
operations leadership team will remain in Florida to continue providing logistical
support for ongoing restoration efforts.
"At CenterPoint, we are always proud to step up and provide
support for those who need it most. Mutual assistance is a hallmark
of our industry. We're proud of the groups of team members who
answered the call to support power restoration in the wake of
Hurricane Helene, and we look forward to welcoming home the team
returning from Hurricane Milton response efforts," said
Darin Carroll, Senior Vice President
of Electric Business.
"We also want to thank the leaders from our Houston electric operations team who are
remaining in Florida on the ground
to continue helping to coordinate mutual assistance response
efforts," Carroll continued. "These leaders have been pitching in
since before Helene hit by helping with planning and preparedness
efforts, and we are so grateful for their dedication and
perseverance."
Hurricane Preparedness Resources
CenterPoint remains
prepared and ready to respond to any operational needs in our
electric service territories in Houston and Evansville through the 2024 hurricane season,
which runs for the next several weeks through the end of November.
For additional information on hurricane preparedness, customers can
visit CenterPointEnergy.com/StormCenter.
Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative
In addition,
through the company's Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative,
CenterPoint is taking action across its Houston-area service territory to improve
resiliency, customer communications and community partnerships, and
better prepare for the next major storm or hurricane. During the
first phase of the initiative, in August, CenterPoint crews and
contractors installed more than 1,100 stronger and more
resilient fiberglass poles, trimmed vegetation along more than
2,000 miles of power lines and installed more than 300 automation
devices in neighborhoods all over Houston. The company's next step is taking the
boldest series of resiliency actions in its nearly 160-year
history, including additional system hardening, strategic
undergrounding, self-healing grid technology, and further
enhancements to its outage tracker.
About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
As the only
investor-owned electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is
an energy delivery company with electric transmission and
distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution
operations that serve more than 7 million metered customers in
Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas. With approximately 9,000 employees,
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in
business for more than 150 years. For more information, visit
CenterPointEnergy.com.
For more information, contact:
Communications
Media.Relations@CenterPointEnergy.com
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