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Woman who lost sister during Beryl outage reacts to CenterPoint CEO’s apology in KPRC 2 interview

On Thursday, KPRC 2′s Gage Goulding spoke with Jason Wells, the CEO of CenterPoint Energy. This was Wells’ first interview with a TV news station since the aftermaths of the May derecho and Hurricane Beryl. During the interview, Goulding showed Wells a clip from an interview conducted by KPRC 2′s Rilwan Balogun. During the clip, Balogun spoke with Janet Jarrett, a woman who lost her sister, Pamela, to hyperthermia during the prolonged power outages following Beryl. After Gage’s interview, Rilwan followed up with Janet—who now lives in Louisiana—to hear her reaction to Wells’ response.