CenterPoint Energy to hold 16 open house events for customer feedback across Houston area
CenterPoint Energy will be holding 16 open house events across the Houston area to elicit customer feedback on the companyโs response to Hurricane Beryl as well as what the company can do better in future storm events.
โWe are taking action nowโ: CenterPoint Energy launches new initiative to bring about immediate resiliency
โWe have heard the calls for change, and we are taking action now," CenterPoint Energy President and CEO Jason Wells said in a statement.
โIt has to get paidโ: UH Energy VP suggests CenterPoint customers will pay for Hurricane Beryl costs
University of Houston VP Ramana Krishnamoorti and CEO Jason Wells indicate that the costs incurred will eventually be passed to customers, either through a future rate increase or a state bailout.
Gov. Greg Abbott tells CenterPoint to make new preparedness proposal after initial โinadequateโ one
Abbott met with CenterPoint Energy CEO Jason Wells and the Executive Vice President of Regulatory and Government Affairs, Jason Ryan, on Thursday to discuss their proposal to better respond to future severe weather events.
Itโs here, Houston! CenterPointโs new power outage tracker map
As promised after Hurricane Beryl's historic number of power outages in the Houston area, CenterPoint debuts its new online tool for reporting and tracking power outages.
CenterPoint intends to ask Texas PUC for rate increase to recoup losses from Hurricane Beryl response
โCenterPoint intends to increase their rates to recoup the cost of recovering from Hurricane Beryl, passing the cost on to the customer,โ Senator Carol Alvarado said in a social media post. โThat dog wonโt hunt.โ
โBeryl cannot be a prelude:โ Sen. Ted Cruz questions CenterPointโs hurricane preparedness in letter to CEO
Following Hurricane Beryl, Senator Ted Cruz has written a letter to CenterPoint CEO Jason Wells, where he reiterated his call for an after-action report from the company about what went wrong and what the company will do to improve its response in the future.
โI take accountabilityโ: CenterPoint Energy CEO testifies before Texas committee on Hurricane Beryl response
Centerpointโs CEO Jason Wellsโ testimony comes a week after he met with the Texas Public Utility Committee (PUC) where he apologized to Houstonians. Today, we can expect Wells to double-down on initial action plans to increase resiliency.
โWe make no excuses:โ CenterPoint CEO sends letter to customers apologizing over Beryl response
The President and Chief Executive Officer of CenterPoint Energy, Jason Wells, sent a letter to customers apologizing for the companyโs response during Hurricane Beryl.
CenterPoint Energy to release new, improved online outage tracker by Aug. 1
After the energy giant faced scrutiny for getting rid of its online outage tracker, CenterPoint Energy says it'll be unveiling a new, online and cloud-based outage tracker as it works to improve communication with customers.
Texas deaths from Hurricane Beryl climb to at least 36, including more who lost power in heat
A rising number of heat-related deaths in Texas among residents who lost power during Hurricane Beryl has pushed the number of storm fatalities to at least 36.
CenterPoint CEO promises improvements as Texas scrutinizes companyโs Beryl response
Jason Wells told regulators the company will launch a new outage tracker by Aug. 1. It will also trim more tree limbs near power lines and hire an executive to focus on emergency response.
โNo excusesโ: CenterPoint Energy president apologizes for Houstoniansโ experience during Hurricane Beryl at PUC hearing
CenterPoint Energy executives are being questioned by the stateโs Public Utility Commission after widespread criticism of the way they responded to historic power outages after Hurricane Beryl.
Attorney general investigating CenterPoint Energy after Hurricane Berylโs long-lasting power outages
The companyโs power outages in July have drawn the ire of state leaders. Hereโs what you need to know.
โAction is the greatest reactionโ: Baytown woman wanted after social media threats to murder CenterPoint staff
A Baytown woman is accused of threatening to murder CenterPoint Energy employees in a series of posts on her X account, according to documents obtained exclusively by KPRC 2, days after more than 2 million people lost power in Hurricane Beryl.
Apartment fire intentionally set by neighbor in southwest Houston, investigators say
Multiple people have been displaced after a fire that investigators said was started intentionally at a southwest Houston apartment complex Wednesday.
Man dead after officer-involved shooting in Pearland
PEARLAND, Texas โ A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting Tuesday in Pearland. According to Pearland police, officers were responding to a call of a person being held at gunpoint by her neighbor. Wells said that arriving officers encountered an armed man who refused to follow the officersโ orders. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. You can watch a replay of the police briefing about the shooting in the video player below.
2 firefighters fall from second floor while crews battle apartment fire
Two firefighters were injured Saturday morning while battling an apartment fire in Houstonโs Gulfton neighborhood, officials said. The fire was first reported around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at an apartment complex in the 5700 block of Glenmont Drive, near Alder Drive. Two firefighters were injured while searching for civilians in the building, Wells said. โIt was covered in smoke,โ Wells said. Everybody worked really really really hard.