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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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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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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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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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