HOUSTON – Hurricane season begins June 1 and CenterPoint Energy encourages customers to have an emergency plan in place. As a part of CenterPoint Energy’s commitment to restore service safely and reliably following a severe weather event, the company has an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). CenterPoint Energy’s employees, across all areas, are called upon to support the company’s EOP.
“The safety of our customers and employees is our top priority, and we have plans in place to respond to extreme weather events,” said Tony Gardner, CenterPoint Energy’s Vice President, Regional Operations. “Our dedicated team members are prepared and ready to restore our natural gas system safely and effectively if a weather event impacts our area.”
CenterPoint Energy is prepared to continue to meet customers’ natural gas demands across its six-state service territory. Operations personnel are regularly checking and adjusting natural gas pressures at delivery points and remotely monitoring pressures at hundreds of locations across the company’s system.
No two weather events are alike, and flooding can also have a significant impact on natural gas operations. For information on natural gas safety, electric safety and other resources, visit: CenterPointEnergy.com/StormCenter.