It’s true. We have lived in multiple neighborhoods and only in the nicer ones did we have power back on asap. When in apartments (2 different ones) we were always the last to get turned on. It’s just too obvious
He, Abbott continues to expect the electric Co to fix the problem when they continue to give him money to run for governor. He cares nothing about Houston. Abbott is a liar!
Absolutely totally agree Abbott is a disgusting and pathetic liar. He is a disgrace to Texas he always blame others he needs to keep the lights on in Tx instead of complaining about the border and take care of Texans💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Parading around Asia for his own self interests while we sat down here with no power! He knew there was a storm everyone with sight knew there was a storm but like with the winter storm Abbott doesn’t care about anyone but himself
It’s disgusting and pathetic how he can’t help Tx lights stay on but always saying he care about the American people. No Abbott you needs to be removed and held accountable for doing a lousy job immediately 💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙
What Centerpoint & Employees contribution totals to Guv Abbott and his regime? The one-party system DOES NOT WORK WELL for citizens - only for a few like Abbott & Co.
@@captainz9 Well, Calif has has changed parties parties - legislature control, exec control - over and over. Texas is a one party system since 1990. THAT is the one party system. Almost 35 years of the same Fails and yet Texas has degraded all that time.
Get a generator and be more prepared for power outages. You are dealing with mother nature not a power company. Why must you sh33p rely on gubment to save you all the time?
For every Texan without power, please realize the majority of you voted for Abbott multiple times.....and every time you still end up without power in either the coldest days of winter or the hottest days of summer. I just believe that's how y'all LIKE IT.
Who needs silly little things like regulations? That’s the Republican platform! No regulation, high taxation and poor people told who and how to vote, worship, educate and live. I wonder what their retraining programs are gonna be like?
Who do you think Center Point is going to want to please ? It's stockholders or those they provide electricity for , especially since those customers don't have a choice to choose a different provider.
And this is why I'm off the grid in Texas with Solar and a 3000W Generator with a 55 Gallon Fuel tank, My power hasn't gone out in 5 Years, 50K price tag and still going strong.
@catherinewilliams9680 It is called UNREGULATED capitalism. We always had storms or freezing weather. This is not new. What is new is the relaxation of regulation and unlimited greed, the power of money and corruption.
Im a native Houstonian. I don't blame Centerpoint. I blame The City of Houston for CONSISTENTLY ignoring the problems of FLOODING and ELECTRICITY and NOT EVER fixing it, since at least 1983. I've seen this flooding mess and electricity problems since I rode out Alicia, Ike, Harvey, and Beryl, et al. City of Houston! Yall are all are FIRED! You've been in there WAY too long (i.e. Sheila Jackson Lee) It's time for someone who will DO and not just DEFLECT the blame!!! UGH!
I can’t imagine being in such heat and humidity without power for so long. It’s a complete failure of the utilities and the politicians in charge of regulating them.
@righteousisthelord180 Private enterprise does not want regulation and Centerpoint is not alone. Trains may derail, planes may loose doors in flight, power systems may be undersized and unprotected, roads may be full of potholes, .... Who cares???
Going on day 5 in my car…stranded in Victoria TX. Can’t even make it back to Houston. Ran outta money. Waiting for my check. Outta water and food. Sitting my the freeway for 1.5days now. No gas. Hot. Can’t sleep.
In 2021 a debilitating freeze occurred in Texas lasting several days and people died because the electric grid shut down. The Republican Gov Abbott said basically the said the same thing about investigating. What was the result of that? What is the governors relationship to big business that’s evidently preventing progress.
The problem isn't so much the repairs. Although Centerpoint could certainly do better. The real problem is that they refuse to bury many of the powerlines and leave them exposed to wind and debris damage. This happened in the hurricane of 2008 and they've known about this solution for years but refuse to do it as it would be expensive and would affect profits in the short term. They would much rather inconvenience customers with days or even weeks of power failures. As emergency repairs would be cheaper in the long run.
Your state government decided to go with a private electric grid that's not connected to the rest of the country's electrical system, so you're being held hostage by a single company. Insist that your grid be connected to the rest of the country, so you can purchase electricity off the grid in an emergency and also get help from other states to repair lines.
Where was he prepared knowing that a hurricane was going to hit Texas? He still left to go on vacation. Why didn't he cancel the vacation and stay here with his people taking care of them? Blaming utility companies. He's also the blame because he wasn't here to see what was going on. It was more important to go vacationing and having a good time.
They charge us to use their lines and then charge us extra for the crews to do the repairs after an event like last week. They just slap in on everyone’s monthly bill, where’s the infinitive for them to change anything?
Electricians have families to! Nobody’s working around the clock! That’s absurd.. let’s be clear hurricanes is something you can’t prevent but take proper measures for your home just in case
Centerpoint is doing a great job in restoing power, but that us not important now. What is important now is to find someone to blame. Bunch of crybabies
Do u think WHEELS will talk about the part that DEREGULATION plays in the FAILINGS of the texass Power Grid... ERCOT is just as guilty... abbott is just making noise... just like after the freeze...
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We have the same problem in New Jersey they just let the electric company to collect and have no obligation of giving you service and fixing it correctly once there's a storm that's it they have half their freaking system down. Then what they'll do is once they get the power running next year though raise all their prices to make up for all the lines that they fixed. Even though they just neglected all those lines is why they fell during all these storms.
Nobody expects they don't stand a chance of losing power in a hurricane, I was out for 5 days after hurricane Sandy hit up here - and understandable because there were a good dozen large trees down on the lines in the say 2 miles around my house, the entire state was similar, and obviously they work on the biggest "hits" first (and closest to the power distribution center) and work their way out... And they hire tree crews ahead of them , so it was even 2-3 days before I could even get out of my neighborhood (2 of the 3 roads out anyways). But honestly by a week they were down to maybe a hundred mostly individual homes (lines to the house town). There were some that were out nearly 2 weeks, but overall like 90% were back in a week or less. I'll be honest though, I was fine without power... I have a lot of batteries, etc, charged up, plus I make sure to have lots of canned & dry foods, a water filter I can purify water from my rain barrels, a wood stove & grill for cooking. I've told people even here where such hurricane level events are rare to get prepared - many don't listen of course though quite a few have generators... But if you are in a place that encounters almost yearly hurricanes and you aren't prepared for even a week without power, sorry but that's on you.
@captainz9 Selfishness accounts for this problem that will never be solved. If I'm OK I do not care about you. This is awful. People will not care about corrupt policies and politicians. I'm OK. Tough luck for you
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Furthermore, when a massive storm ravages land, you can bet your bottom dollar power is going to be out. And only those who actually worked on these power systems. No, just how long it takes to build them, and repair them.
Don’t let the utility companies raise rates to cover maintenance, repairs, and hardening they should have done decades ago. Their executives collect 6-7 figure incomes already for doing nothing more than pushing papers around.
Center Point couldn’t do their jobs And it was not their fault Our Governor said that they were prepared for this situation But we haven’t seen any evidence of that No power No internet And people have had to throw away so much food You can’t even find any hotels for those with small children and most grocery stores are not open They don’t have much left in stock anymore No ice All around me people have trees on their houses and property Unless you have lived through anything like this you just don’t know We have been hearing for years about how they are working on making our power grid work better We keep hearing the same things But you can’t even tell that anything has changed for many years And now we are back to the blame game That’s about the only thing that stays the same I bet that Abbot doesn’t have to worry about any of the things that we all do I have no answers I can’t make this any better But someone else does have the power and money to make a difference
The Houston Metro area has exploded in the last 20-30 years. Centerpoint can no longer maintain a monopoly and provide basic maintenance and service anymore. Allow other companies into the market. HL&P used to send crews out every Spring and Summer to maintain lines and trim trees. Centerpoint has increasingly pushed services they should be performing onto the consumer and shirking their responsibilities. End the monopoly now!
I saw those people working on replacing a broken wooden post. Everything was done by machine. But they took a whole day to finish the job. And I saw that they spent most of their time staying in their trucks doing nothing. That was why it took such a long time to recover the power.
Sounds like big government is kicking in. Let the markets sort this out. People can certainly choose other power providers based on performance criteria.
Still trying to figure out how the Mayor was not aware fire stations and essential services had no generators or backup if the lights go out. How exactly did he not have this info ahead of the storm? 🤔
A thorough Root Cause Analysis is required here. What caused the greatest number of failures? Is there enough stockpiled equipment to cover the potential loss? Greater Houston is 8,778 square miles. Per square mile, what are the modes of failure? Are the repairs being made corrective or preventative? Are all new neighborhoods required to have underground utilities? As a retired Quality Manager, these are just a few of my questions.
That Saturday we lost power for about an hour and only had a little rain. Texas has overall electrical problems. What is the Governor going to do about that besides raising the rates?
I guarantee its double the number that they say. Seven days and no power to half a million people. Sky high electric bills running in 1970s power lines older than me!!!!
