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Township hears CenterPoint update; board says utility has made progress but questions remain
Summary
The Woodlands Township received an update on CenterPoint Energy's post-storm reforms, including a new outage tracker and infrastructure hardening; staff said CenterPoint has met roughly 70% of planned goals and the board asked for more detail on where work is occurring and inspection timing.
The Woodlands Township Board of Directors on April 17 heard an update on CenterPoint Energy's post-storm reforms and ongoing state legislation addressing grid reliability.
The presentation by Todd Stevens, director of intergovernmental relations and assistant to the president, summarized actions the utility and regulators have taken since widespread outages following Hurricane Beryl last year. Stevens said CenterPoint launched a Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative and that the company "has actually achieved 70% of those goals" with the remainder targeted for completion by June 1.
The update outlined three broad response areas: infrastructure hardening (vegetation management, pole replacement), improved customer communications (a new outage tracker and direct…
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