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CenterPoint outlines post‑Beryl resiliency plan; offers outage tracker and power‑alert enrollment
Summary
CenterPoint Energy presented a multi‑phase resiliency plan that includes automation devices, selective undergrounding, new pole types and a cloud‑based outage tracker and power‑alert service. The board accepted the update and asked staff to coordinate communications.
CenterPoint Energy officials told The Woodlands Township Board of Directors June 25 that the utility is pursuing a multi‑year resiliency plan that will include harder poles, automated grid switching, selective undergrounding of new lines and expanded communications tools including an outage tracker and a power‑alert enrollment service.
"Resilient does not mean that the power never goes out," Aaron Minervine, CenterPoint service area director, told the board. He described a phased program that began after Hurricane Beryl, studies the footprint and moves toward greater automation and targeted undergrounding. CenterPoint said work will continue through 2029 for the full footprint and noted phases completed…
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