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Mobilizing AI capabilities and digital modeling technologies will help optimize safety, reliability and resilience while reducing the impact on CenterPoint's customers HOUSTON, Oct. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the company's ambition to become the most resilient coastal electric grid in the country, CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) today announced it has reached an agreement with Neara, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered infrastructure modeling platform for engineeringgrade simulations and analytic ...

Near-term actions will include: Installing 25,000 new, stronger poles Removing or trimming 4,000 miles of higher-risk vegetation Installing 4,500 automated reliability devices Actions will be completed ahead of the 2025 hurricane season. HOUSTON, Sept. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CenterPoint Energy announced a comprehensive suite of new actions as part of the next phase of its Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI), including strengthening the energy system and operations over the next eight month ...

HOUSTON, Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2100 per share on the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock payable on December 12, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 21, 2024. This quarterly dividend represents a $0.010 increase over the prior quarter and aligns with an annual dividend of $0.81 for 2024 which represents an 8% average dividend increase over the pa ...

First Day of Fall Arrives across the Gulf Coast Region, but Hurricane Season Remains in Full Force CenterPoint Energy remains on high alert and has been monitoring tropical weather developments in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend Current weather conditions dictate normal daily operations Company is following its standard electric and gas preparedness protocols CenterPoint Energy has a plan; encourages customers and the public to remain vigilant HOUSTON, Sept. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- While the first day ...

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Company makes internal and contractor frontline electrical workers available to other impacted utilities in Gulf Coast states CenterPoint's nearly 480-member natural gas workforce in Louisiana and its nearly 200-member workforce in Mississippi are responding to customer requests and odor calls. Crews are expected to complete all safety inspections by the end of the day today, with portions of Louisiana already reported as completed. CenterPoint did not experience significant impacts from Hurricane Francine ...

Company urges its nearly 400,000 natural gas customers in Louisiana and Mississippi to take additional safety measures; electric preparedness and response work in the Greater Houston area transitions back to normal operations Emergency Operations Centers remain activated in response to the potential impacts of Hurricane Francine on gas customers in Louisiana and Mississippi. CenterPoint Energy Texas-based natural gas personnel are ready to be deployed to Louisiana and Mississippi to support any natural gas ...

Company continues to communicate to electric and natural gas customers in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi and coordinate with emergency partners. Emergency Operations Centers remain activated in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi to prepare for, and respond to, the effects of Tropical Storm Francine. More than 1,300 vegetation management crews continue to trim and remove hazardous vegetation in the Greater Houston area and 2,350 frontline workers are on standby across the Gulf Coast service territory to cond ...

CenterPoint is preparing staging sites, mobilizing crews and equipment, communicating safety and preparedness tips to its customers, and securing additional frontline resources from mutual assistance partners. CenterPoint Energy has activated the company's Emergency Operations Center and is executing its plan to address Tropical Storm Francine. CenterPoint has 600 vegetation workers conducting pre-storm vegetation management, with another 700 workers arriving today. CenterPoint has 1,850 frontline workers p ...