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CenterPoint Energy has reached the 70% completion mark for its Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative aimed at enhancing the power grid ahead of the 2025 hurricane season. (Rachel Leland/Community Impact)

CenterPoint reaches 70% resiliency work completion ahead of hurricane season

By Aubrey Vogel

Progress on CenterPoint Energy’s Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative has reached the 70% completion mark as hurricane season approaches.

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Pablo Vegas and Thomas Gleeson listen during a briefing about winter weather Jan. 8 in Austin.

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Mayor John Whitmire announced Jan. 21 that flight operations will continue Jan. 22 at all Houston airports after a brief closure due to severe winter weather. (Kevin Vu/Community Impact)

Houston airports to resume operations Jan. 22

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Updated 6:33 PM | Jan 21, 2025 CST

GALLERY: See highlights from the Houston area's 1st snow day in 4 years

Mayor John Whitmire announced that 10 warming centers will open overnight Jan. 19. (Kevin Vu/Community Impact)

Updated 4:11 PM | Jan 17, 2025 CST

Houston-area warming centers opening amid cold front

A power transformer and lines.

Published 2:44 PM | Jan 17, 2025 CST

ERCOT: Texas power grid will withstand Jan. 20-23 cold snap

Gov. Greg Abbott receives a briefing from emergency management officials Jan. 8 in Austin.

Updated 4:24 PM | Jan 8, 2025 CST

State leaders say power grid is ‘very strong’ as snow heads to North Texas

Power lines in February 2023

Published 1:44 PM | Jan 6, 2025 CST

ERCOT forecasts ‘normal’ grid conditions during cold snap

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that a 122 counties in Southeast Texas will receive $50 million in state funding to help with debris removal. (Melissa Enaje/Community Impact)

Published 3:34 PM | Oct 10, 2024 CDT

Southeast Texas counties to receive $50M in state funding for storm recovery efforts

CenterPoint Energy set up a staging site at Sam Houston Race Park in July during Hurricane Beryl response. (Rachel Leland/Community Impact)

Published 2:30 PM | Oct 1, 2024 CDT

2nd phase of CenterPoint Energy resiliency plan in Greater Houston involves ‘self-healing grid’

A July survey from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University shows more Texans are preparing for the 2024 hurricane season than before. (Courtesy Roger Brown/Pexels)

Published 5:07 PM | Jul 24, 2024 CDT

UH survey shows most residents are prepared for natural disasters

After Hurricane Beryl swept through the Greater Houston area on July 8, the Spring Fire Department received an influx of emergency calls, with the Northampton neighborhood—located north of the Grand Parkway and west of Gosling Road—being one of the most impacted areas of Spring. (Courtesy Steffon Marsh/Spring Fire Department)

Published 3:10 PM | Jul 17, 2024 CDT

Spring residents, first responders begin recovery after Hurricane Beryl

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. (Courtesy Pexels/Pok Rie)

Updated 4:34 PM | Jul 17, 2024 CDT

CenterPoint, Entergy restore power to 98% of affected customers 9 days after Hurricane Beryl