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This afternoon CenterPoint Energy mobilized its internal and mutual assistance crews to begin the restoration process to the total 2.265 million customers that lost power during Hurricane Beryl today. Based on current progress with damage assessment and initial restoration, we now expect to have 1 million impacted customers restored by the end of the day on Wednesday, July 10. CenterPoint Energy remains committed to working around-the-clock to restore service as safely and quickly as possible and has mobilized nearly 12,000 field resources to support our restoration efforts, continuing to prioritize essential facilities critical to health and public safety. We will provide updates as they become available. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
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aTm2004 said:Quote:
"Right now, the mutual assistance are in route, then they'll go through the safety training first thing tomorrow and then there'll be boots on the ground working around the region," added Paul Lock, manager of local government relations at CenterPoint Energy said during a news conference with Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo.
WTF? If these are experienced linemen, what training is needed?
You do realize every company does things differently?
Ciboag96 said:Good thing we have no choice since they are a regulated public utilitytjack16 said:
Been a rough few years for CenterPoint as far as public perception. Starting with the freeze.
Not this bs again.
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Charpie said:My dad worked for AEP for 46 years. He was the storm coordinator and spent many a hurricane away from us in South Texas to go work in other parts of the state and country. Most of the electric entities won't bring crews in until after the storm passes because they want to make sure that these guys can actually get in. Crews likely started staging yesterday in Austin or San Antonio once it became more clear where the storm was going to make landfall. I expect you all will see lots of crews from outside of Houston making their way into town today and tomorrow. Remember that as of 72 hours ago, this storm was going to hit the central Texas coast.Ferris Wheel Allstar said:
This is just plain neglect.
CenterPoint admits thousands of out-of-town repair crews weren't staged in the Houston area ahead of Hurricane Beryl CenterPoint said Tuesday that it had mobilized thousands of crews to assess and repair damage caused by the Category 1 storm. But most of them aren't in Houston yet.
Good luck guys.
my phone wouldnt let me copy and paste this is what i was referencing
HOUSTON If you've been looking for a fleet of power repair trucks and haven't been able to find them in Houston, there's a reason. Most out-of-town crews are not yet in Houston to begin repairing the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Beryl.
A CenterPoint spokesperson confirmed to KHOU 11 Investigates that unlike in past hurricanes, outside help was not staged locally before Beryl came rolling through
https://www.khou.com/article/news/investigations/centerpoint-power-outage-crews-not-staged-in-advance/285-24aa531a-9bb6-4e5e-b793-b7a1a0601340
We got power back at 5:30 this morning in Tamarron (77494). Was very frustrating driving around last night and seeing the subdivisions all around us with power, but thankfully we got it back in time to cool the house down before it gets hot this afternoon.
As far as staging, we saw a bunch of linemen trucks just sitting in the Katy Mills parking lot yesterday evening. Was wondering why they were sitting and waiting
As far as staging, we saw a bunch of linemen trucks just sitting in the Katy Mills parking lot yesterday evening. Was wondering why they were sitting and waiting
Still no power in Conroe area and Entergy said it could take days to restore.
Fortunately I had a 38kv gen set installed for the house this past December. I didn't expect to use it this quickly after install, but it fired right up and hasn't missed a beat. I got a few quotes after the big freeze of 2022, but never but the bullet until I got burned this time last year when a storm knocked out power for 36hrs.
I encourage anyone who has been on the fence to just do it. The expense really sucks, but peace of mind at time like this postures the rib in a much better mood.
Hope everyone stays safe and power is restored soon.
Fortunately I had a 38kv gen set installed for the house this past December. I didn't expect to use it this quickly after install, but it fired right up and hasn't missed a beat. I got a few quotes after the big freeze of 2022, but never but the bullet until I got burned this time last year when a storm knocked out power for 36hrs.
I encourage anyone who has been on the fence to just do it. The expense really sucks, but peace of mind at time like this postures the rib in a much better mood.
Hope everyone stays safe and power is restored soon.
Quick question on generators. I've heard that the natural gas supply is not really set up for people to run their whole houses off of it and as more and more people add generators, we'll eventually reach the point where they won't work either because the natural gas supply won't be able to keep up. Intuitively, this does seem to make some sense but I admittedly have no idea.
Anyone shed any insight on this? Real concern? And, if so, how close are we to teaching this point?
Anyone shed any insight on this? Real concern? And, if so, how close are we to teaching this point?
If not already posted, here is the original CenterPoint outage tracker map they are trying to hide. Just ignore the security warning & continue, since CenterPoint is also incompetent setting up their website's https certificates.
https://origin-gis.centerpointenergy.com/origin_otr/
The outtage numbers don't match that other status page (where the "restored" numbers keep going down, lol).
https://origin-gis.centerpointenergy.com/origin_otr/
The outtage numbers don't match that other status page (where the "restored" numbers keep going down, lol).
94chem said:
No power in Bolivar, but I've got enough 5G to stream Netflix. Meanwhile, in Kingwood you can barely make a phone call on a normal day.
Conroe flies anti 5G drones in Kingwood
Red Pear Jack said:
The only real solution here is to bury the cables. Anything short of that will continue to have the same issues.
You want to pay .25 cent kWh or more ?
JCA1 said:
Quick question on generators. I've heard that the natural gas supply is not really set up for people to run their whole houses off of it and as more and more people add generators, we'll eventually reach the point where they won't work either because the natural gas supply won't be able to keep up. Intuitively, this does seem to make some sense but I admittedly have no idea.
Anyone shed any insight on this? Real concern? And, if so, how close are we to teaching this point?
Not close to that point imo. That said, you are still relying on another party to provide your gas to run the generator during events. During the 21 freeze, it's likely that some people would have lost gas supply once outages started.
If I was doing one, I would be using propane and making sure it was topped off as needed. Maybe not as practical but it does make you actually self-reliant in that case
Lines are buried in The Woodlands… and we're still without power.
Ferris Wheel Allstar said:
This is just plain neglect.
CenterPoint admits thousands of out-of-town repair crews weren't staged in the Houston area ahead of Hurricane Beryl CenterPoint said Tuesday that it had mobilized thousands of crews to assess and repair damage caused by the Category 1 storm. But most of them aren't in Houston yet.
Why? The weather folks all had this thing missing the center point electric area until what one day before ?
Then you don't just get mutual assistance crews in town in 24 hours. These crews come from far away.
The issue is the maintenance around the lines, which is never done. Many on here have already addressed trees that should have been addressed and not by power companies. This should be priority one across the state, hell even the country. Instead of slow playing the matter, it should be a top priority with dollars EVERY year to maintain the lines from trees. It will rain, freeze, snow whatever, and the above ground lines will be impacted. Doesn't seem to be that hard to understand.ktownag08 said:BillYeoman said:
2.5 million without power in the area after a Cat 1.
This is concerning going forward. Especially after Derecho.
I know there are a lot of so called "libertarians" on this thread but this is unacceptable.
The State of Texas continues to fail on a reliable power grid and affordable energy
This has nothing to do with the State of Texas power grid failing. There's enough generation available at the moment, but when lines fall over and/or trees fall into lines due to Cat 1+ hurricane winds this happens. There's already regulations in place regarding proper protocols for keeping power line right of ways maintained.
Just ended up being a direct hit on the countries 4th largest city. This is what happens.
I feel bad for centerpoint...i mean...with Beryl being the first storm to ever hit Houston I think it caught them off guard. It was also a massive storm at CAT 1 (the largest i believe). If only they'd had years to improve their infrastructure.
We got tri-fuel generators. Can run on gasoline, propane, or nat gas. They are a little more work to install, if you want to run on nat gas (which is why mine is sitting in my garage at the moment).
Charpie said:My dad worked for AEP for 46 years. He was the storm coordinator and spent many a hurricane away from us in South Texas to go work in other parts of the state and country. Most of the electric entities won't bring crews in until after the storm passes because they want to make sure that these guys can actually get in. Crews likely started staging yesterday in Austin or San Antonio once it became more clear where the storm was going to make landfall. I expect you all will see lots of crews from outside of Houston making their way into town today and tomorrow. Remember that as of 72 hours ago, this storm was going to hit the central Texas coast.Ferris Wheel Allstar said:
This is just plain neglect.
CenterPoint admits thousands of out-of-town repair crews weren't staged in the Houston area ahead of Hurricane Beryl CenterPoint said Tuesday that it had mobilized thousands of crews to assess and repair damage caused by the Category 1 storm. But most of them aren't in Houston yet.
Good luck guys.
Well that's just too much common sense for most of the folks on here.
92Ag95 said:
I feel bad for centerpoint...i mean...with Beryl being the first storm to ever hit Houston I think it caught them off guard. It was also a massive storm at CAT 1 (the largest i believe). If only they'd had years to improve their infrastructure.
Start conducting inspections and heavily fine entities for failing to maintain trees/ transmission line clearances/right of way...etc
I'm across the street in Cinco near Pine Mill/Cardiff and we don't have it back yet. Hopefully since you have it, it's not far away.
On Sunday driving I-10 E back into town there were a TON of utility trucks heading West from Columbus all the way into Houston. I am guessing they were headed to some staging area outside the city.
Locally most likely means the Houston area. Staging a few hours away isn't considered localFerris Wheel Allstar said:Charpie said:My dad worked for AEP for 46 years. He was the storm coordinator and spent many a hurricane away from us in South Texas to go work in other parts of the state and country. Most of the electric entities won't bring crews in until after the storm passes because they want to make sure that these guys can actually get in. Crews likely started staging yesterday in Austin or San Antonio once it became more clear where the storm was going to make landfall. I expect you all will see lots of crews from outside of Houston making their way into town today and tomorrow. Remember that as of 72 hours ago, this storm was going to hit the central Texas coast.Ferris Wheel Allstar said:
This is just plain neglect.
CenterPoint admits thousands of out-of-town repair crews weren't staged in the Houston area ahead of Hurricane Beryl CenterPoint said Tuesday that it had mobilized thousands of crews to assess and repair damage caused by the Category 1 storm. But most of them aren't in Houston yet.
Good luck guys.
my phone wouldnt let me copy and paste this is what i was referencing
HOUSTON If you've been looking for a fleet of power repair trucks and haven't been able to find them in Houston, there's a reason. Most out-of-town crews are not yet in Houston to begin repairing the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Beryl.
A CenterPoint spokesperson confirmed to KHOU 11 Investigates that unlike in past hurricanes, outside help was not staged locally before Beryl came rolling through
https://www.khou.com/article/news/investigations/centerpoint-power-outage-crews-not-staged-in-advance/285-24aa531a-9bb6-4e5e-b793-b7a1a0601340
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Any report on the golf cart in Sea Isle?
Not sure the portable ac unit I have in the bedroom for all 4 of us will be able to cool down the room after the heat expected today…..
There were a lot of centerpoint trucks out this morning when I drove to work. I'd bet you get power back today
Bugged out to San Antonio yesterday around 3pm from Montgomery County. The amount of utility trucks heading east on I-10 was astounding
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On Sunday driving I-10 E back into town there were a TON of utility trucks heading West from Columbus all the way into Houston. I am guessing they were headed to some staging area outside the city.
I drove to College Station around 10 last night. Literally every hotel I stopped at off of I-10 was completely full. Same for the 3 I stopped at in Navasota, including one they had about 20 utility trucks at it. I figured once I got to CS there would be plenty of rooms but I was quite wrong. Called about 20 hotels and finally the sh-tty Motel 6 on Texas had a room. This place is such a dump and the longer this carries on the more enraged I become with the incompetent morons who run our city. As mentioned, this was only a cat 1….i can't imagine if it was a cat 3 or 4.
Wasn't huge amounts or a staging camp like after the derecho, but I saw a a few trucks parked in the shopping center at 34th and Ella in Oak Forest on Sunday evening.
The number of whiny titty babies on this thread that can't imagine a hurricane can knock out power for a couple of days is freaking hilarious.
Stomp your feet more.
Stomp your feet more.
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Zobel said:
The number of whiny titty babies on this thread that can't imagine a hurricane can knock out power for a couple of days is freaking hilarious.
Stomp your feet more.
Yeah let's just sit idly by while the 4th largest city who has hurricanes yearly is unprepared yet again. Not only that but the power company can't even host a f'ing map that's anywhere close to being accurate. Stupid post, but you knew that before you submitted it.
+1.Zobel said:
The number of whiny titty babies on this thread that can't imagine a hurricane can knock out power for a couple of days is freaking hilarious.
Stomp your feet more.
It's hurricane season. There is a constant barrage every year on how to prepare and to be able to be self-sufficient for several days without power.
Anyone living within 100 miles of the coast (this is all of the Houston metro), needs to be prepared for this.
A Cat 1 hurricane is still no joke. You don't need to run away from it but you absolutely need to be prepared to be without power.
The complaint is with Centerpoint not being prepared and not having answers on why they weren't prepared. The damage from this storm was fairly light. If crews were properly staged like they were with Ike the majority of town would be up and running today.
tbh tho it does feel like the grid is way more volatile than it was back 10-15 years ago but i suppose that's to be expected.
i remember growing up in houston and having hurricanes and i dont remember losing power for an extended amount of time.
i remember growing up in houston and having hurricanes and i dont remember losing power for an extended amount of time.
BayAg_14 said:
The complaint is with Centerpoint not being prepared and not having answers on why they weren't prepared. The damage from this storm was fairly light. If crews were properly staged like they were with Ike the majority of town would be up and running today.
Bingo
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