Abbott, Patrick slam CenterPoint Energy for Houston outages

UP IN FIRST WARNING WEATHER. AND CENTER POINT ENERGY COULD FACE STIFF CONSEQUENCES FROM THE STATE IF THEY DO NOT RESTORE POWER SOON. >> GOVERNOR ABBOTT JOINED STATE LEADERS WITH A HARSH WARNING FOR HOUSTON'S LARGEST ELECTRIC PROVIDER, ACCUSING THEM OF CUTTING CORNERS BEFORE HURRICANE BERYL. 7 DAYS AFTER THE STORM, MORE THAN 400,000 PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER. THAT'S DOWN FROM MORE THAN 2 MILLION AT THE START OF LAST WEEK. DERRIL KNOCKED OUT MORE THAN 2000 POWER LINES AND CENTERPOINT HAS DEPLOYED 14,000 LINEMEN TO RESTORE POWER. BUT THE PROLONGED OUTAGES HAVE AND RAGE. HOUSTONIANS STATE LEADERS PROMISED INVESTIGATIONS INTO SARAH POINTS PREPAREDNESS AND THREATENED POSSIBLE FINANCIAL AND REGULATORY CONSEQUENCES. >> ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE THAT WELL, TEXAS HAVE BEEN BAKING AND DEADLY HEAT WITHOUT POWER. CENTER POINT WAS PENNY PINCHING AND CUTTING CORNERS. THE WAYS THAT SLOWED THE RECOVERY PROCESS. THOSE ALLEGATIONS MUST BE INVESTIGATED. WE MUST KNOW. WHAT CENTERPOINT PROTECTING TEXANS. I WAS PROTECTING ITS OWN POCKETBOOK. I KNOW. EVERYONE CENTER POINT WAS IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED OFFICES WATCHING. A FREIGHT TRAIN IS COMING. YOU JUST HEARD IT. YOU BETTER BE PREPARED. STILL, CENTERPOINT HAS RESTORED MORE, THEN MORE FASTER IN PREVIOUS HURRICANES. THEY PROJECT TO RESTORE 90% OF IMPACTED CUSTOMERS BY TODAY. >> AT THIS SAME TIME, LAST TIME THEY DID THIS

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Published: Mon Jul 15 2024