Baytown backs settlement with CenterPoint on temporary emergency power facilities
Dec 12, 2025
Council approved a resolution supporting a settlement that requires CenterPoint to pre-identify candidate deployment sites for temporary emergency generation, coordinate with local emergency management and critical-load customers, and provide post-event reports.
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Baytown joined other cities in approving a proposed settlement with CenterPoint Energy on the utility's application to lease temporary emergency electric facilities (TIFs). City legal counsel told council the settlement requires CenterPoint to maintain records of pre-identified locations suitable for deployment, to consult with local emergency-management offices and critical-load customers, and to provide post-event details about deployments and non-deployments.
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