HOUSTON (KIAH) – The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Greater Houston area, set to take effect Monday at 6 p.m. Freezing precipitation and potential accumulation are expected, posing risks to travel and infrastructure.
- Three staging sites established to support operations.
- 1,200 additional mutual aid workers arriving today to assist with restoration efforts.
Safety first if the most important message the company wants to share with the public.
The company’s three staging sites will host 1,200 additional mutual aid workers and help pre-position crews, vehicles, equipment and materiel needed for restoration across its service territory to be able to respond to service issues safely and as quickly as possible. CenterPoint crews and the nearly 1,200 mutual aid workers will address any weather impacts on the electric system.
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CenterPoint Energy strongly urges residents to:
- Stay home and avoid driving on Tuesday.
- Monitor weather updates.
- Have a plan to stay warm and safe during freezing temperatures.
MLK Day events are still scheduled and CenterPoint is asking the public to remain on alert.
CenterPoint’s Emergency Preparedness and Response, Meteorology and Operations teams will remain on alert through the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and continue to utilize in-house and third-party weather modeling and historical data from previous weather events to plan for all potential impacts to CenterPoint’s system.
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Stay alert and prepared as crews work diligently to respond to potential outages…