Nine days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Texas coast, data shows around 40,000 CenterPoint and 700 Entergy customers remain without power as of 4 p.m. July 17.
“More than 98% of impacted customers are now restored, and we are directing our crews to get remaining customers who are without power back online as safely and quickly as possible," said Lynnae Wilson, senior vice president of CenterPoint, in a statement. "As we shift our focus from restoration to prevention, we will be calling on these additional vegetation management resources to execute accelerated plans to prune and remove trees and other vegetation to prepare for the rest of hurricane season."
According to a July 17 news release, CenterPoint remains on track to restore electricity to all customers who can receive power by July 19. In Entergy's most recent news release, company officials said all customers who can safely take power could expect to have their power restored before the end of July 16; the company has not released any further communication as of 4 p.m. July 17.
Published July 16 at 3:49 p.m.
As of July 16, fewer than 100,000 CenterPoint and Entergy customers remain without power.
Current situation
As of 3:30 p.m. July 16, a little fewer than 90,400 CenterPoint customers remain without power eight days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Texas coast, according to CenterPoint Energy’s website. The Category 1 hurricane, which reached Houston on July 8, left more than 2.2 million without power at its peak.
According to a July 15 news release, CenterPoint officials said they remain on track to restore power to 98% of all affected customers by July 17. The company expects to restore power to all customers who can receive power by July 19.
“We are grateful to our crews who have restored power to our customers at a stronger pace than we have been able to in any hurricane in our history, despite the difficult conditions," said Lynnae Wilson, senior vice president of CenterPoint, in a statement. “We continue to work around the clock to get our remaining customers back online.”
In comparison
Meanwhile, Entergy Texas has restored power to 98% of customers affected by Beryl, according to a July 16 news release.
According to the release, about 248,500 of the 252,460 customers impacted by the storm had their power restored by 9:30 a.m. July 16. Entergy officials announced all customers who can safely take power can expect to have their power restored before the end of July 16.
One more thing
Per the release, the following cooling stations are located with Entergy’s service area:
- East Montgomery County Community Development Center, 16401 First St., Ste. 100, Splendora
- Calvary Baptist Church, 816 N. Blair Ave., Cleveland
- Shepherd Community Center, 10251 Hwy. 150, Shepherd
- Coldspring Area Public Library, 14221 Hwy. 150 W., Coldspring
- R.B. Tullis Branch Library: 21569 Hwy. 59, New Caney
