Generator Salesman of the Century, Jason Wells.
— JosephLTrahan (@JosephLTrahan) July 11, 2024
At this point, nearly 2 million Houston area residents want to know exactly where this fella, Jason Wells, and his $37 million per year compensation package is located right this very damn minute.
We simply want to turn off his… pic.twitter.com/WZVn4h0KAm
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Dill-Ag13 said:
Just got an email from centerpoint telling me that my power has been restored (it has) and that the crew determined the outage was caused by a hurricane. Can't make it up!
Got that email after power was restored in May. It said the cause was strong wind. No sh**!!
No, Lesar. But for some reason I was thinking that the big $33M stock award he got came in 2022 when he announced he was retiring, not in 2021 when it was actually given to him. That $37M # was from 2021 when he got the $33M stock award. His 2022 salary was not that different from what Wells is making now.maroon barchetta said:txags92 said:A big chunk of the previous CEO's compensation in 2023 was probably a golden parachute. He wasn't making $37M every year.Cibalo said:
Didn't realize there was a change.
So looks like Jason is making $7M. The last CEO was making $37M. So where did that other $30M go? It wasn't for maintenance, repairs, or vegetation.
You talking about Scott Prochazka?
If it was my job to write those, I would probably throw in some random reasons for the outage. Like "The Spanish Inquisition".
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Nobody would expect that.Texaggie7nine said:
If it was my job to write those, I would probably throw in some random reasons for the outage. Like "The Spanish Inquisition".
I have a feeling I won't be getting power until mid next week, maybe even next weekend. We have been blue on the map for days with no estimated restoration time. While I take Nextdoor, Ring app, or Facebook posts with a huge grain of salt, I've seen a few from our area stating they called Centerpoint and apparently while the assessment was done, there is no crew assigned to repair our area nor is there any estimate on when repairs will be completed.
TXAG 05 said:Dill-Ag13 said:
Just got an email from centerpoint telling me that my power has been restored (it has) and that the crew determined the outage was caused by a hurricane. Can't make it up!
Got that email after power was restored in May. It said the cause was strong wind. No sh**!!
The email I got yesterday said the outage was caused by equipment damage.
As opposed to outages caused by working equipment, I suppose.
— Jill (@JillAllison71) July 12, 2024
BoxingAg84 said:Generator Salesman of the Century, Jason Wells.
— JosephLTrahan (@JosephLTrahan) July 11, 2024
At this point, nearly 2 million Houston area residents want to know exactly where this fella, Jason Wells, and his $37 million per year compensation package is located right this very damn minute.
We simply want to turn off his… pic.twitter.com/WZVn4h0KAm
Jason's CenterPoint Bio:
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Jason is President and Chief Executive Officer of CenterPoint Energy. He joined the company in 2020 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Jason served as President and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the company's utilities operations, including electric, natural gas and power generation. Jason is focused on safety, promoting excellence across the enterprise and executing on the company's industry-leading growth plan.
Previously, Jason held positions of increasing responsibility with PG&E Corporation for 13 years. He served as Executive Vice President and CFO overseeing the financial activities of the nearly $60 billion enterprise. In his positions as CFO, Jason successfully led the execution of more than $50 billion in capital markets and strategic transactions.
Jason serves on the boards of the Greater Houston Partnership, Central Houston, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. He is also on the advisory board of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University.
He previously served on the board of the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in 2020 and was a board member and treasurer of Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco from 2013 to 2019.
Jason holds bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting, both from the University of Florida, and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).
- See more at: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/corp/pages/jason-wells.aspx?sa=ho&au=res#sthash.I2C4TQrc.dpuf
None of this should be surprising.
This is the guy who cut costs to boost profits and was rewarded with it as CEO.
Boeing parallels. Take running a company that provides a critical service away from the guys who know how to build and fix stuff, and put it in the hands of a group looking to maximize profits by cutting corners. At some point it WILL bite you in the ass.
This prob won't embed, but it gave us all a good laugh yesterday.
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Norhill Heights. No power. No linecrews.
You simply cannot make this up:
$ 7 million salary #Centerpoint CEO making a statement sitting in front of a thermostat displaying 70 degrees after telling us to leave ours on 76, while 1 million + Houstonians are sitting in the dark in 100 degree heat is diabolical work! @CenterPoint #CenterPointless pic.twitter.com/kxWuKZQAWo
— Barbi 🐯💜💛⚜️ (@Barbi__7) July 12, 2024
Dude has a death wish
**** that POS Jason Wells and everyone of the board members for hiring this hack in the name of cost cuts.
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JL Trahan's rants are usually entertaining, though taken with grains of salt.
A friend of mine told me the tunnel entrance to the Centerpoint building was gated off today and had extra security.Jbob04 said:
Dude has a death wish
I just saw a CP truck in my neighborhood, but he was the look at **** guy. I asked him if he had any idea when we'd see a crew to start fixing stuff, and he just laughed. AFAIK he's the third person who has driven by to look, but we need to see fix **** guy show up.
Jugstore Cowboy said:
JL Trahan's rants are usually entertaining, though taken with grains of salt.
100% agree...Much of what he said probably wasn't correct there...I just found it interesting when I looked at the CEO's bio that the dude is purely a numbers guy, but also the guy who helped them get their record profits.
Did some recon in our subdivision in the 459 (Carriage Park off Steep Bank Trace E)...there is a long section of lines along a dirt walking trail that have been pulled down by leaning or fully fallen trees, and a couple of those trees were pretty big. One pole was leaning, but none were snapped.
There was a crew working on it (truck was from Michigan), but they didn't have any idea of a timeline for clearing all of that foliage.
Those trees should have been pruned back a long time ago...waiting on Mother Nature to do it was unwise.
There was a crew working on it (truck was from Michigan), but they didn't have any idea of a timeline for clearing all of that foliage.
Those trees should have been pruned back a long time ago...waiting on Mother Nature to do it was unwise.
Power went off randomly today at noon. Got our first communication from CP at 4 that it was planned maintenance, with a restore time of TBD. Wtf is that
Part of what he said absolutely matches up with what my BIL's next door neighbor told him. As mentioned in my prior post, the neighbor worked for Centerpoint and it's predecessor HL&P for 42 years. Talked to the one crew in our area who told him they only had 3 tickets for the entire day.
While also wearing a Daytonatexasaggie2015 said:
You simply cannot make this up:$ 7 million salary #Centerpoint CEO making a statement sitting in front of a thermostat displaying 70 degrees after telling us to leave ours on 76, while 1 million + Houstonians are sitting in the dark in 100 degree heat is diabolical work! @CenterPoint #CenterPointless pic.twitter.com/kxWuKZQAWo
— Barbi 🐯💜💛⚜️ (@Barbi__7) July 12, 2024
take it to the high end watches locally thread.
All right, here's one where I messed up. The garage door opener for my new house is a step up from the one at my old house, but I have always had trouble with the release when the power goes out. So Monday, when the power went out, it didn't want to release. I give it a good pull, and it comes free, but it doesn't feel right. I must have broken something. Crap. I'll deal with it later.
Sure enough, when the power came on, I can't get the door to re-engage. On my old door, the release separated the driver from the rest of the door. On this door, I can't find the piece to reattach it. Maybe that's what I broke. So I call a repair guy.
Long story short, the repair guy (after arriving a hour-and-a-half late and trying to sell me a new, $1,700 opener) tells me it will be $350, if he can even fix it. He says he's not sure. I agree. In five minutes, he pushes the reset button twice, uses a screwdriver reset the chain around the piece I thought I broke, then asks if it will be cash or check. What a racket.
Sure enough, when the power came on, I can't get the door to re-engage. On my old door, the release separated the driver from the rest of the door. On this door, I can't find the piece to reattach it. Maybe that's what I broke. So I call a repair guy.
Long story short, the repair guy (after arriving a hour-and-a-half late and trying to sell me a new, $1,700 opener) tells me it will be $350, if he can even fix it. He says he's not sure. I agree. In five minutes, he pushes the reset button twice, uses a screwdriver reset the chain around the piece I thought I broke, then asks if it will be cash or check. What a racket.
Power back finally in the 77079!
Does the release lever pivot 90 degrees?
When I pull mine down for manual release the lever turns down. Then I have to manually rotate it back up 90 degrees for the door to reengage on the track.
When I pull mine down for manual release the lever turns down. Then I have to manually rotate it back up 90 degrees for the door to reengage on the track.
Mine pulls down, and the plastic piece that engages the chain maybe retracts some teeth or something? I can't exactly tell. It definitely doesn't come apart into two pieces, which is what my last one did.
The lines that power my house. Should get power back within a few months
htxag09 said:AJ02 said:tremble said:
wtf is xfinity doing while we are talking about ****ty companies? They've been out this entire time too (even if you have power) and I haven't heard a peep out of them.
Very time I check the web for Xfinity, the update is basically just "we'll get to it when it's safe". That's it.
Our xfinity went out Monday afternoon. Came back sometime Thursday, then back out Thursday evening. Then we weirdly had cable but no internet Friday evening. And now that's out, too.
At least the credit process from the derecho was pretty easy….
What was the credit process? They reimburse you for any days it was down? How'd you go about doing that?
They gave me a $7 credit lol
I saw a CP truck working on the corner. Went over to ask if he could reset our breaker (above). Nice guy. Happy to talk. His job was to fix traffic lights. He was working in a box on the light pole. He could not help me. He was not allowed to touch power lines. Not his job. In fact, he did not have a hot stick.
He could not contact a lineman on his radio, only his department. If he needed a lineman to finish his job, he submits a ticket and moves on to his next job. A lineman will be assigned to do repairs after which he will get an order to come back. He said lineman were at the Target up the street but they would not come without orders. He was sincerely nice and understanding. He had met many people like me today. He'd also met people that were very irate. That didn't help either.
We're still without power.
He could not contact a lineman on his radio, only his department. If he needed a lineman to finish his job, he submits a ticket and moves on to his next job. A lineman will be assigned to do repairs after which he will get an order to come back. He said lineman were at the Target up the street but they would not come without orders. He was sincerely nice and understanding. He had met many people like me today. He'd also met people that were very irate. That didn't help either.
We're still without power.
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Just saw my 1st centerpoint bucket truck all week, next to Minute Maid
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Just saw my 1st centerpoint bucket truck all week, next to Minute Maid
But does the Ferris wheel have power?