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People on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disasters
1 month ago

People on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disasters

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Kimberly Rubit had one priority in mind as Hurricane Beryl ripped through Houston this summer: her severely disabled daughter. People with disabilities and chronic health conditions are particularly at risk when the power goes out, and many live in homes that lack the weatherizing and backup power supplies needed to better handle high temperatures and cold freezes, or …

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People on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disasters
1 month ago

People on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disasters

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. People with disabilities and chronic health conditions are particularly …

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Texas launches new investigation into Houston’s power utility following deadly outages after Beryl
4 months, 1 week ago

Texas launches new investigation into Houston’s power utility following deadly outages after Beryl

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ attorney general launched an investigation Monday into Houston’s electric utility over allegations of fraud and waste following Hurricane Beryl, adding to the mounting scrutiny after widespread power outages left millions without electricity for days. Greg Abbott have also demanded answers about storm preparations and the response to Beryl, a Category 1 hurricane that knocked out power …

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Texas senators grill utility executives about massive power failure after Hurricane Beryl
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas senators grill utility executives about massive power failure after Hurricane Beryl

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The top executive of Houston’s power utility told lawmakers Monday the company would lose momentum on changes after Hurricane Beryl if he resigned over the prolonged and deadly power outages that followed the storm plowing this month onto the Texas coast. “I take personal accountability for not meeting our customer’s expectations during Hurricane Beryl,” Jason Wells, CenterPoint …

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Texas deaths from Hurricane Beryl climb to at least 36, including more who lost power in heat
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Texas deaths from Hurricane Beryl climb to at least 36, including more who lost power in heat

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The number of Texas deaths after Hurricane Beryl came ashore and knocked out power to millions of residents climbed to at least 36 on Thursday as officials confirmed more people who died in homes that were left without air conditioning during sweltering heat. CenterPoint CEO Jason Wells, the head of the city’s power utility, apologized to customers Thursday …

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Angry Houston residents still want answers after Hurricane Beryl power failure
5 months ago

Angry Houston residents still want answers after Hurricane Beryl power failure

NPR  

Angry Houston residents still want answers after Hurricane Beryl power failure Devastating power outages and destruction in Houston left by Hurricane Beryl again underscored the city’s inability to sufficiently fortify itself against extreme weather events worsened by climate change. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: When Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas, the Category 1 storm left more than 2 million utility customers …

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Texas governor criticizes Houston energy as utility says power will be mostly restored by Wednesday
5 months, 1 week ago

Texas governor criticizes Houston energy as utility says power will be mostly restored by Wednesday

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed within the next two days, the city’s main utility company said Monday as Texas Gov. The Texas Public Utility Commission, the state’s regulatory agency, announced Monday it had launched an investigation Abbott demanded into CenterPoint’s storm preparation and response as hundreds of thousands of residents …

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Texas governor criticizes Houston energy as utility says power will be restored by Wednesday
5 months, 1 week ago

Texas governor criticizes Houston energy as utility says power will be restored by Wednesday

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The majority of Houston outages …

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Texans heading into a second week without electricity are battling heat and frustration
5 months, 1 week ago

Texans heading into a second week without electricity are battling heat and frustration

Raw Story  

"Texans heading into a second week without electricity are battling heat, frustration and boredom" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sunday was the family’s seventh day without power at their home on the east side of Houston …

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Demands Answers As People Remain Without Power A Week After Beryl
5 months, 1 week ago

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Demands Answers As People Remain Without Power A Week After Beryl

Huff Post  

Power line personnel work near large transformers, center, while they repair a broken power pole along Broadway near the causeway on July 11, 2024. Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images DALLAS — With around 270,000 homes and businesses still without power in the Houston area almost a week after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas, Gov. While CenterPoint Energy has restored power …

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Abbott calls for investigation into utility’s response to Texas blackouts
5 months, 1 week ago

Abbott calls for investigation into utility’s response to Texas blackouts

Raw Story  

Greg Abbott on Sunday slammed utility CenterPoint Energy, which has yet to restore power for hundreds of thousands of customers in the Houston area, and ordered the company to take steps to improve power reliability. “It’s time to reevaluate whether or not CenterPoint should have such a large territory.” The governor on Sunday also sent a letter to Thomas Gleeson, …

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demands answers as customers remain without power after Beryl
5 months, 1 week ago

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demands answers as customers remain without power after Beryl

Associated Press  

DALLAS — With around 270,000 homes and businesses still without power in the Houston area almost a week after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas, Gov. While CenterPoint Energy has restored power to about 2 million customers since the storm hit on July 8, the slow pace of recovery has put the utility, which provides electricity to the nation’s fourth-largest city, under …

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'They need to fix something quick': Texans without power for days are getting angry
5 months, 1 week ago

'They need to fix something quick': Texans without power for days are getting angry

Raw Story  

By Dante Motley and Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune, Graphics by Elijah Nicholson-Messmer, The Texas Tribune HOUSTON — Eating becomes more difficult when the power is out. Gainous is one of nearly 1 million customers still living without power five days after Hurricane Beryl walloped the Texas’ Gulf Coast. “CenterPoint is the one that’s charging us,” Gainous said bluntly, “so …

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Hurricane Beryl: Houston-area residents frustrated as they enter 6th day without power and air conditioning in punishing heat
5 months, 1 week ago

Hurricane Beryl: Houston-area residents frustrated as they enter 6th day without power and air conditioning in punishing heat

CNN  

CNN — Hundreds of thousands of southeast Texas residents are entering the sixth day in a row suffering brutal heat without air conditioning and many are scrambling to find cool shelters, food, safe drinking water and health care resources. A dozen Houston area hospitals are in a state of “internal disaster” and more than 40 dialysis clinics are struggling with …

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Hurricane Beryl: Many Houston area homes and businesses may have to endure heat and CenterPoint power outages until next week
5 months, 1 week ago

Hurricane Beryl: Many Houston area homes and businesses may have to endure heat and CenterPoint power outages until next week

CNN  

CNN — Half a million Houston-area homes and businesses may not have their power restored until next week amid sweltering summer heat, even as many in the region struggle to access fresh food, air conditioning and safe drinking water. Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan called for calm after the department received a report a man pulled a gun on …

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Beryl: Houston electricity outages will continue into next week
5 months, 1 week ago

Beryl: Houston electricity outages will continue into next week

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — About half a million Houston-area homes and businesses will still be without electricity next week, the city’s largest utility said Thursday, stoking the frustration of hot and weary residents and leading a top state official to call the pace of recovery from Hurricane Beryl “not acceptable.” Jason Ryan, executive vice president of CenterPoint Energy, said power has been …

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Hurricane Beryl: Anger mounts in Texas over power outages and CenterPoint Energy’s response amid crippling heat
5 months, 1 week ago

Hurricane Beryl: Anger mounts in Texas over power outages and CenterPoint Energy’s response amid crippling heat

CNN  

CNN — Frustrations are mounting across southeast Texas as residents enter a fourth day of crippling power outages and heat, a combination that has proven dangerous – and at times deadly – as some struggle to access food, gas and medical care. But roughly 500,000 customers in the Houston area will not have electrical power restored until sometime next week, …

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Hurricane Beryl: Anger mounts in Texas over power outages and CenterPoint Energy’s response amid crippling heat
5 months, 1 week ago

Hurricane Beryl: Anger mounts in Texas over power outages and CenterPoint Energy’s response amid crippling heat

CNN  

CNN — Frustrations are mounting across southeast Texas as residents enter a fourth day of crippling power outages and heat, a combination that has proven dangerous – and at times deadly – as some struggle to access food, gas and medical care. But roughly 500,000 customers in the Houston area will not have electrical power restored until sometime next week, …

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Hundreds of thousands are still without power in the Houston area. Here’s how it happened
5 months, 1 week ago

Hundreds of thousands are still without power in the Houston area. Here’s how it happened

Associated Press  

Hundreds of thousands of people in the Houston area likely won’t have power restored until next week, as the city swelters in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. Although repairs have restored power to nearly 1.4 million customers, the scale of the damage and slow pace of recovery has put CenterPoint Energy, which provides electricity to the nation’s fourth-largest city, under …

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Texas power outages hinder Hurricane Beryl recovery, delay oil infrastructure restarts
5 months, 1 week ago

Texas power outages hinder Hurricane Beryl recovery, delay oil infrastructure restarts

Hindustan Times  

By Arathy Somasekhar, Marianna Parraga and Curtis Williams Texas power outages hinder Hurricane Beryl recovery, delay oil infrastructure restarts HOUSTON, - About 1.65 million customers remained without power in the U.S. state of Texas on Wednesday, two days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, as progress to restore electricity was slow the night before, hampering efforts to quickly restart critical oil …

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Millions of Texans still lack power as temperatures climb
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Millions of Texans still lack power as temperatures climb

Raw Story  

"Millions of Texans still lack power as temperatures climb" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. 1 priority, officials emphasized during a Tuesday press briefing in Galveston County, where at least 45% of people still lack power, based …

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Pressure mounts on Houston power company to quickly restore service as city sweats after Beryl
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Pressure mounts on Houston power company to quickly restore service as city sweats after Beryl

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Pressure mounted Wednesday on Houston’s power utility as millions of residents still had no electricity nearly three days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, stoking questions over how a city that is all too familiar with destructive weather was unable to better withstand a Category 1 storm. Late Wednesday, CenterPoint Energy said it had “restored more than 1 million …

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Dangerous heat threatens millions of Texans without power for days in largest outage in utility’s history
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Dangerous heat threatens millions of Texans without power for days in largest outage in utility’s history

CNN  

CNN — Life-threatening heat is gripping southeast Texas, where more than 1.5 million homes and businesses remain without power and air conditioning for a third day after Beryl caused major power outages, including the largest in one major energy provider’s history. “We have never seen an incident of this magnitude – this is the largest outage in our history,” Brad …

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Frustrations mount in the Houston heat after Beryl moves on and leaves millions without power
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Frustrations mount in the Houston heat after Beryl moves on and leaves millions without power

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The return of soaring heat in Houston on Tuesday deepened the misery for millions of people still without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and left residents in search of places to cool off and fuel up as the extended outages strained one of the nation’s largest cities. State officials faced questions over whether Houston’s power utility …

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