CenterPoint Energy has made key first-quarter progress in reaching milestones tied to the company’s Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative, according to an April 17 news release from the company.
Launched after Hurricane Beryl, the initiative is a multiyear effort to strengthen resilience and improve reliability for its 2.9 million electric customers, and to help build the most resilient coastal grid in the nation, according to the release.
Marking a milestone
According to the release, in the first quarter of 2026, CenterPoint has:
- Installed more than 10,000 storm-resilient poles
- Cleared more than 1,600 miles of higher-risk vegetation
- Completed 99 miles of power line undergrounding
- Hardened more than 220 miles of power lines
By the end of 2026, these infrastructure improvements are expected to improve day-to-day reliability for customers, reduce the impact of storm-related outages and save customers from experiencing over 50 million outage minutes this year, according to the release.
Quote of note
“We are proud of the progress made in 2025 which helped deliver more than 100 million fewer outage minutes when compared to 2024, and we are determined to make even more progress in 2026 as we work toward our defining goal: building the nation’s most resilient coastal grid,” said Nathan Brownell, CenterPoint’s vice president of Resilience and Capital Delivery, in the release.