CenterPoint Energy News

Look, I get that a complete hardening of the electrical infrastructure against hurricanes would be very expensive , probably more than it would be worth in savings.

CenterPoint Energy said Wednesday its Hurricane Ike-related service restoration costs would likely be between $650 million and $750 million, a considerable jump compared an earlier estimate.

Damages from Hurricane Ike could cost CenterPoint Energy $650 million to $750 million, it said in a filing Wednesday, up from a preliminary estimate last month of $350 million to $500 million.

At about 11 a.m., a staff member noticed a smell much like the odor in natural gas in a school hallway, according to Principal Jeff McGonigal.

Several weeks after Hurricane Ike blew through our area Aaron Clark and his family were at their wits end without electricity.

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It probably wasn't a positive experience for anyone: First, the fear of Hurricane Ike 's storming, fierce winds.

As you can imagine, it's a frustrating time for those still without power more than two weeks after Hurricane Ike hit.

The number of Houston-area customers still without power more than two weeks after Hurricane Ike fell to five figures Tuesday.

Ebony McMillian spent 11 days without power, but her electric bill still came as a shock.

Federal funds to help low-income Minnesotans keep warm will nearly double this year.

Michele Thibodeaux holds a battery-powered light in her west Houston apartment for her son Drake, 1, and daughters Jaliiyah, 7, and Justice, 15.

There are less than 35,000 customers without power in the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Ike.

If a tree falls in Montrose and everyone can see it in the middle of the street, will it ever get picked up? That's what Vermont Street residents wondered for six days as the city of Houston and CenterPoint ...

CenterPoint finished work Friday in neighborhoods where most power is restored, and prepared to swarm harder-hit areas this weekend with the goal of bringing light to hundreds of thousands of customers by ...

CenterPoint Energy has the bulk of its customers back online. Now ita s shifting toward getting the remaining customers back on the power grid.

It may take a few months until electric bills match up with customer usage, CenterPoint Energy officials said Monday.

A sign in a window of a high-rise on Allen Parkway expresses the frustration of many in the same situation.

More than 400,000 people are going into their third weekend without power since Hurricane Ike.

CenterPoint Energy officials have promised that by Wednesday night, all buildings on the island will have power available, City Manager Steve LeBlanc said.