Houston power outages: CenterPoint Energy, Entergy trackers
Over 90,000 CenterPoint Energy customers are still affected by a major power outage.
HOUSTON - Hundreds of thousand of people were left without power after strong storms moved across the Houston area on Wednesday night.
CenterPoint Energy reported a peak of nearly 324,000 customers affected by outages, and Entergy reported a peak of about 50,000 outages.
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Both companies are continuing efforts to restore power. As of 3 p.m. Thursday, CenterPoint Energy is reporting more than 90,000 customers affected, and Entergy is reporting just over 7,000 customers are still affected.
Click here to see CenterPoint Energy’s outage tracker.
Click here to see Entergy’s outage tracker.
Most of the outages were concentrated to the north of Houston, but several thousand customers were affected by outages throughout the city as well.
CenterPoint Energy says assessments of their electrical system will continue on Thursday, and they expect the majority of the remaining outages to be restored by the end of Friday. However, the company says restoration work is expected to continue through Sunday for the hardest hit areas that have significant infrastructure and equipment damage, with remaining isolated outages addressed after that.
The company says customer's equipment – like their weatherhead – may have also sustained damage, and the customer will need to have a qualified electrician make repairs before their service can be restored.