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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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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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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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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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Texas officials confirm third death from Tropical Storm Beryl
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas officials confirm third death from Tropical Storm Beryl

Raw Story  

Efforts to restore power to 2.7 million customers whose service was knocked out by Hurricane Beryl will take multiple days, state officials said Monday evening while warning of persisting danger even as the storm moved on. “I’d ask Texans for their patience as the crews are out there doing their best to try to restore energy across the state.” Just …

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Most in Houston area are getting power back after storm, but some may have to wait until the weekend
7 months ago

Most in Houston area are getting power back after storm, but some may have to wait until the weekend

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Power was expected to be restored by late Wednesday to nearly all Houston area homes and businesses left in the dark by last week’s deadly storm, according to officials. Tutunjian said the 2% of customers — about 20,000 — likely to still be without power after Wednesday live in areas with “significant damage” to equipment. The deadly storm …

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CenterPoint approved to acquire Posey County solar project
3 years, 1 month ago

CenterPoint approved to acquire Posey County solar project

Associated Press  

— CenterPoint Energy has received approval from state regulators to acquire a 300-megawatt solar power development that will be built in southern Indiana’s Posey County. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on Thursday also approved CenterPoint to purchase another 100-megawatts of power from a solar energy development planned in nearby Warrick County. CenterPoint Energy officials said it entered into an agreement …

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