by R.A. Dyer | Oct 30, 2024 | Electricity, ERCOT
Officials blamed in part reduced usage because of outages from Hurricane Beryl for the revenue decline. ________________________________________________ CenterPoint Energy, the Houston-based electric and gas utility, reported $198 million in consolidated income for...
by R.A. Dyer | Oct 8, 2024 | ERCOT
Although the PUC had promoted the Oct. 5 meeting as a forum for the public, it was state senators and industry experts who testified first. As a result, everyday residents couldn’t address commissioners for nearly three hours — much to the frustration of many of the...
by R.A. Dyer | Aug 19, 2024 | Regulatory Action
Some of the most serious storm-related criticisms faced by the Houston-based utility related to the failure of its online outage tracker. Frustrated by system crashes, many Houstonians found themselves turning instead to an online application sponsored by the...
by TCCFUI | May 23, 2024 | Blog, Electricity
Preview (opens in a new tab)The devastating May 16 storm brought sustained winds in the northern part of Houston of more than 110 miles per hour — or the equivalent of a Class 2 hurricane. However, unlike Category 2 Hurricane Ike in 2008, Houstonians had only 15...
by TCCFUI | May 1, 2024 | Utility News
CenterPoint will spend $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion on electric system hardening, including replacing and upgrading substations and converting older 69-kilovolt transmission lines to more robust 138-KV lines. ________________________________________________...