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CenterPoint begins installing Texas’ 1st independent utility-owned weather monitoring stations

By Aubrey Vogel

CenterPoint Energy began installing 100 weather monitoring stations throughout the Greater Houston area April 28 ahead of the Atlantic hurricane season beginning June 1.

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