Over 1 Million Texans Without Power - CenterPoint Energy Interview 

Cant wait to go back to our ancestral past where we had to survive with no power, thank you center point I really wanted to feel like an ancient Egyptian

​@@joalvarez6252then they shouldn't take our money

@@SanriTV cheers!

This is just the beginning of the season. We still have 3 more months of possible Hurricanes.

@@HeyTexasItsMe Imagine the devastation a Cat 3 and up will do! Yall need to move in land! Houston is no good for living conditions and standards! This will happen everytime with Center point company!

What about my hood I don’t care about you me first friend!!!

No me first

@@jwhite26 lol

They restored power to my neighborhood. But there is still a tree that is dangling on a power line.

@@Rikkisioyou have to report that to the city, maybe no one has reported it yet thinking someone already did

They going bankrupt soon its actually 2m people

then send a strongly worded email in caps to the committee.

I got power already

@@ClearestofGluesgood for you

​@@ClearestofGluesand some never lost it so what's your point

@@Mini-Toast_ what’s your point

Regardless of their actual progress, they published on Monday that they'd be restoring 1 million by end of day today, Wednesday.

Bingo

Let’s find her and make her pay!

It doesn, t work that way. My power came back on the day of the hurricane, and my brother-in law---went to work restoring power that day, did not have power in his own home for several days later. They are subject to being fired for prioritizing those they know or themselves.

@@carlsanders7824this chick lives in a mansion

Jesus is coming ❤

Same situation on my complex half has power other half pont

Good idea 👍 but wont happen because people are very lazy.

for incompetence? sue the DEI committee for putting someones close and personal acquaintance in position of decision makers.

Well, if you vote business over people then that's what you get. Vote better.

Maybe because they never lost power? Lol

Not to mention for the Astros to play

Should have never been about blue or red

Both sides are trash

@@penosagomez809 they sure are!

💯 agree

@BM-yk1dc the ones you speak of fall under the category of evil & wrong, yes? we'll all be judged, including them. everybody has the ability to repent and be forgiven, whether we like that idea or not. turn or burn, freedom of choice

I'm so sorry. We have had no power OR water since Monday early am.

Don't worry. Centerpoint will take care of that problem for you, by raising rates so high, you'll never be able to afford food again! Problem solved!

Bingo. Someone gets it.

​@davidscarborough713 exactly ..in south fla call fpl or Louisiana next door 😢

Exactly ❤

Heard that might happen to those got power back 1st. The excuse is to lessen the load when energizing the neighboring areas. Supposedly once the other area are back up the can bring power back safely for everyone.

Assessments is the word of the week.

Same....there are some areas around me that have power and others close by that are being worked on now...

Did not know about help sc? Ohio something wrong and triage hospital an nurs homes prioritize don't ya thi k

That that is how you blow up more transformers and fuses when there is a short somewhere down the line. Sure, they can be faster but things are not as simple as you think.

@@ericl5973 hahahhaha, you are correct. Did not think of the sparks, and blowing up'ss.

That tells me they are messing around with the grid's distribution. They took your power away to give it to someone else. ONLY explanation!!!

@@ElizabethF2222that’s completely false

They probably had to turn it off to safely repair something else also fed off the same line as you, or something else failed, storms often leave behind dangly limbs and what not, limb finally breaks, knocks everything out again. It happens. It’s certainly not what that first response to your comment says. That’s just delusional. Lol

He's in Japan.

At his mansion

@@ursulasmith6402 yes his rich palaces

I was hoping we might get power back by this friday...but I have a feeling it won't be until next week

🤣 right

Cruz was in California and came back to Houston the day before the hurricane

Is the power going to be restored faster if Cruz is in Houston? Do you think he's up in a bucket truck himself? What's the point of your question?

Dang, I actually forgot about Cancun Ted.

Cancun was hit too

@@tommyeaton1904 i I just got back from Cancun, i was at a resort.

Well you certainly threw the BS flag sky high there didn’t you? “rich people have standby generators…”. Having backup power has nothing to do with being rich. It is all about planning appropriately. You on here trying to put others down, as if to say you aren’t rich so you can’t have… what kind of car do you drive and how much did you pay for it? Cell phone? Living expenses… it isn’t about rich. It is about choices made. I am not rich, I don’t have a car payment, haven’t had one since 2006. I have put aside money for a standby generator and when I saved enough to pay for it, I called my electrician, told him what I wanted and got his quote to install. I will be under my estimated budget for it. It has taken me almost 5 years to save enough for it. I live in a budget, have no debt, I save until I have what is needed to buy want I want or need. It takes discipline and perseverance. You are using your ignorance, and piss poor planning as excuses. Take ownership of your situation, stop using credit cards, pay for stuff in cash, payoff debt, save money for your future, you take care of you, and stop blaming others. “Rich people, how do you think they got to be where they are? They sacrificed til they made it. You need to do the same. If not, stop whining about others.

I have a Generac. Cost me all of $5,000. It's served me well for 3 hurricanes. I took out a loan, and paid it off over 36 months instead of subscribing to cable TV.

@@t3angling575. Exactly. Why is everyone blaming the power companies. As I recall they forewarned you before it happened. Blame yourself for not being prepared. I did not blame no one cause I was out of power for a week cause of a wildfire. I fired up my generator and life went on. Be prepared people. The government is not going to help you.

@@Rusty1972 ❤️

@@Rusty1972 our species has become soft and far too reliant on govt and others. Creature comforts have become the norm. Adversity no longer makes you a better person who learns to do with the adverse; it weakens many, is actually crippling. But hey, I do not throw on my bad azz suit a go seeking trouble, they said, if it comes my way, and I have no other option of resolution- by God it’s game on. But I have found in my 60 plus years on this Earth, 9.99% of the time that is a waste of time, energy, and effort, with absolutely nothing gained. Great comment, appreciate you! God bless!

Same here out in Conroe TX.

Finally got power back on near The Woodlands. Generator ran for 60 hours.

​@@patriciasmith161Congratulations 👍🏾. My bedroom is 90 degrees.

Yet people keep moving to Texas like lemmings off a cliff.

I mean restoring a million people in a few days isn’t a small task

They seem pretty good but expensive.

Very expensive, but I don't blame you one bit. Either get a good generator or move out of hurricane-prone areas. I can't afford to do either.

$750 for a generator transfer switch, $500 to run your nat gas line to your power box (if you have one). Now you can have a $1000 generator ready to roll instead of paying $10,000 for one installed.

In Cancun and Asia

They already promised the mayor that they would have it done, John Whitmire has warned them if it isn't done then they will be facing heavy fines and hearings, people like me in Houston are at the point of armed protest at centerpoint energy HQ, if what you say is true then a lot of people at centerpoint will be held accountable and some of us don't care if we have to become judge jury and executioner. Centerpoint has failed us for the last time

The majority commenting have no idea of the complexity of power distribution and the grid. Things have to be done in order as you alluded and they may not get to all the end users on a particular circuit as they are working.

This isn't a grid problem. Wind caused damage to powerlines.

I can already tell you what you’ll find, the linework has remained the same, and the line worker has remained the same, although there are fewer of them. Inside the corporate side of the power companies you’ll find out that they went hot and heavy with DEI, this has resulted in quite the incompetence in not only the day to day operations but when a storm hits, o lord. These companies literally have playbooks to follow for storms, formed over years of experience, unfortunately that experience was forced out due to Lack of diversity, then of course every generation thinks they know more than the last, so they try to rewrite the book, making impractical decisions that ultimately result in delays and in this case incompetence. It’s the sad truth, people may disagree but I’ve seen it with my own eyes. Don’t blame the fellas on the street, look higher, that’s where you’ll find the problem.

The DEI stuff has mostly been implemented inside, on the corporate side, the linemen are still linemen, trust me. Now of course they need to be dispatched properly, and coordination is key, that behind the scenes stuff is where you’ll find the incompetence and the lack of accountability. The linemen will push thru it, and you’ll have power back.

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