09/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/09/2024 19:40
CenterPoint Energy is Taking Key Actions to Prepare and Respond To Impact of Tropical Storm Francine
CenterPoint is preparing staging sites, mobilizing crews and equipment, communicating safety and preparedness tips to its customers, and securing additional frontline resources from mutual assistance partners.
HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2024- In response to developing weather conditions, CenterPoint Energy is taking a series of actions to monitor, prepare, and respond to Tropical Strom Francine and its potential landfall in the Greater Houstonarea or broader Gulf Coast. Across its service area, CenterPoint is preparing staging sites, mobilizing crews and equipment, communicating safety and preparedness tips to its customers, and securing additional frontline resources from mutual assistance partners. The company remains in contact with federal, state, county and city leaders about CenterPoint's preparation activities and readiness posture.
"We are monitoring, planning, and preparing to respond to Tropical Storm Francine's impact on our communities. We are taking the necessary steps to prepare, even as we communicate with our customers and coordinate closely with our local and statewide emergency partners. Our focus is very clear: to get ready to respond and restore power as safely and as quickly as possible," said Darin Carroll, Senior Vice President of Operations for CenterPoint.
As of Monday afternoon, CenterPoint has undertaken the following preparation actions:
Important Information for Customers
CenterPoint customers are encouraged to enroll in the company's Power Alert Service® to receive outage details, estimated restoration times and customer-specific restoration updates via phone call, text or email. Customers can also stay up-to-date on outages with CenterPoint's new and improved, cloud-based Outage Tracker, which allows customers to see outages by county, city and zip code. The new tracker is capable of handling increased traffic during storms and is ADA- and mobile-friendly.
CenterPoint is encouraging its customers in the Greater Houstonarea to make preparations and have a plan to stay safe during Tropical Storm Francine. Customers can get storm-related electric, natural gas and flooding safety tips at CenterPointEnergy.com/StormCenter. Additional preparations best practices are available at Ready.gov.
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, Ohioand 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.
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