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03/17/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/17/2026 18:59

On Natural Gas Utility Workers Day, CenterPoint Energy recognizes team members who serve customers every day in local communities

Natural gas utility workers play a vital role in delivering safe, reliable and resilient energy for customers and communities year-round
2026-03-17T05:00:00Z

HOUSTON - March 18, 2026 - Every year, March 18 is recognized as Natural Gas Utility Workers Day, providing an annual reminder to honor the important role natural gas utility workers play in fueling our economy, responding to emergencies and keeping natural gas safely flowing to the homes and businesses across the communities CenterPoint Energy serves. CenterPoint is proud to recognize the company's employees and workers throughout the natural gas industry for their year-round commitment to providing safe, reliable and resilient service.

CenterPoint's more than 2,800 natural gas utility workers across four states play a critical role in installing and maintaining natural gas infrastructure such as pipelines and meters, supporting delivery energy service to customers, educating the public on natural gas safety and executing rigorous safety protocols to protect their communities and the environment.

"Whether they're taking action to modernize our natural gas system or respond to an emergency in times of need, our teams are focused on being there when our customers and communities need us most. No matter the weather or the time of day or night, our natural gas workers help keep homes warm, businesses running and communities safe. Today, and every day, we're proud to recognize their unwavering dedication to the people and places we serve," said Jesus Soto, CenterPoint's Chief Operations Officer.

CenterPoint's natural gas utility workers serve more than 4 million customers across four states, monitor and maintain more than 72,000 miles of distribution pipeline and deploy advanced leak detection technologies to help protect the health and safety of customers.

In 2025, the company's natural gas utility workers helped:

  • Replace more than 550 miles of natural gas lines to help advance modernization efforts of the company's natural gas distribution systems.
  • Install and exchange approximately 260,000 natural gas meters, which include enhanced safety and communications features, across the states served.
  • Complete nearly 2.8 million locating activities of CenterPoint's natural gas facilities, supporting customers and contractors in digging safely to mitigate potential service disruptions.
  • Eliminate all known cast-iron pipes from the company's natural gas systems.


About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

As the only investor owned electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered customers in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas. As of December 31, 2025, the company owned approximately $46.5 billion in assets. With approximately 8,800 employees, CenterPoint and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.​

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On Natural Gas Utility Workers Day, CenterPoint Energy recognizes team members who serve customers every day in local communities

HOUSTON - March 18, 2026 - Every year, March 18 is recognized as Natural Gas Utility Workers Day, providing an annual reminder to honor the important role natural gas utility workers play in fueling our economy, responding to emergencies and keeping natural gas safely flowing to the homes and businesses across the communities CenterPoint Energy serves. CenterPoint is proud to recognize the company's employees and workers throughout the natural gas industry for their year-round commitment to providing safe, reliable and resilient service.

CenterPoint's more than 2,800 natural gas utility workers across four states play a critical role in installing and maintaining natural gas infrastructure such as pipelines and meters, supporting delivery energy service to customers, educating the public on natural gas safety and executing rigorous safety protocols to protect their communities and the environment.

"Whether they're taking action to modernize our natural gas system or respond to an emergency in times of need, our teams are focused on being there when our customers and communities need us most. No matter the weather or the time of day or night, our natural gas workers help keep homes warm, businesses running and communities safe. Today, and every day, we're proud to recognize their unwavering dedication to the people and places we serve," said Jesus Soto, CenterPoint's Chief Operations Officer.

CenterPoint's natural gas utility workers serve more than 4 million customers across four states, monitor and maintain more than 72,000 miles of distribution pipeline and deploy advanced leak detection technologies to help protect the health and safety of customers.

In 2025, the company's natural gas utility workers helped:

  • Replace more than 550 miles of natural gas lines to help advance modernization efforts of the company's natural gas distribution systems.
  • Install and exchange approximately 260,000 natural gas meters, which include enhanced safety and communications features, across the states served.
  • Complete nearly 2.8 million locating activities of CenterPoint's natural gas facilities, supporting customers and contractors in digging safely to mitigate potential service disruptions.
  • Eliminate all known cast-iron pipes from the company's natural gas systems.


About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

As the only investor owned electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered customers in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas. As of December 31, 2025, the company owned approximately $46.5 billion in assets. With approximately 8,800 employees, CenterPoint and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.​

Windstorm Update: Approximately 95% of CenterPoint Energy customers experienced no impacts during strong winds Sunday evening into Monday morning; Crews responded safely and quickly to address impacts to system

​As of 5:30 a.m., less than 1% of CenterPoint's customers currently without power

No more than 1% of CenterPoint customers impacted at any one time since 7 p.m. Sunday night

More than 900 frontline workers and contractors continue supporting restoration efforts across the system and remain ready to support throughout the day Monday

CenterPoint proactively activated its Emergency Operations Center yesterday morning following continued monitoring of cold front and strong winds

HOUSTON - March 16, 2026 - CenterPoint Energy crews continue to make steady progress in the field responding to isolated outages as a result of last night's cold front and strong 40 to 50 mph winds and will continue working safely and quickly until every customer is restored. Crews and contractors have been actively preparing throughout the weekend and began responding to outages as soon as weather conditions cleared northwest to southeast across Greater Houston.

At the peak of the storm activity, no more than 1% of CenterPoint customers were impacted and without service at any one time. Since yesterday at 7 p.m., crews have restored approximately 130,000 customers. As of 5:30 a.m., approximately 10,000 customers are currently without power - approximately 1% of CenterPoint's 2.9 million electric customers. These numbers may continue to fluctuate as additional winds are expected to impact the area today.

As of Monday 5:30 a.m.:

  • Approximately 95% of the company's 2.9 million customers were not impacted by the weekend's storms.
  • Approximately 10,000 customers are currently without service, which is less than 1% of the company's 2.9 million electric customers.
  • CenterPoint crews have restored more than 130,000 customers since the storms arrived yesterday evening.
  • Across our network of 150 weather stations, wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were recorded throughout CenterPoint's service territory.
  • Approximately 900 frontline workers remain responding to damage and outages for the weather event overnight.

Crews are actively restoring customers experiencing outages in the areas most impacted, including northern areas of the company's electric service territory in the Cypress, Humble and Greenspoint areas, which experienced wind gusts up to 50 mph. The company's Emergency Operations Center remains activated, with crews quickly addressing outages as they have been occurring.

"As the winds behind Sunday's cold front continue to move through the area, our CenterPoint teams have been actively restoring isolated and localized outages throughout the night. We continue to monitor the strong gusts impacting our service territory and will take additional actions throughout the day," said Jason Fabre, CenterPoint's Incident Commander. "Gusty conditions will continue across the area this morning and may persist across the 12-county Greater Houston region. Our crews are staged and responding safely and as quickly as possible, and we will remain vigilant as weather conditions continue to evolve. We encourage customers to stay alert and prepared."

What customers should do:

About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving more than 7 million metered customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas. The company is headquartered in Houston and is the only Texas-domiciled investor-owned utility. As of December 31, 2025, the company had approximately $46.5 billion in assets. With approximately 8,800 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been serving customers for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.

Final Windstorm Update: Essentially all customers who can receive power after Sunday night windstorm have now been restored

As of 3 p.m., less than 2,000 CenterPoint customers currently without power

Frontline workers and contractors continue supporting restoration efforts across the system

HOUSTON - March 16, 2026 - After Sunday night's cold front and accompanying strong winds traveled across CenterPoint Energy's electric service territory, approximately 93% of its 2.9 million customers across the Greater Houston area experienced no impact to their electric service during the weather event. Approximately 7% or about 210,000 customers have been impacted since storms started to move through the area around 7 p.m. on Sunday night, and essentially all (or approximately 208,000) customers have been restored. As of 3 p.m., approximately 2,000 customers are currently without power.

On Sunday, the company activated its Emergency Operation Center ahead of the weather event, and more than 900 frontline workers and contractor crews were available to respond to isolated outages throughout the company's 12-county service area. The average time to restore customers who experienced storm-related outages was approximately 72 minutes.

The company is expected to return to normal operations this evening.

"This weather system has fully moved through our service territory, and our teams made great progress to get customers restored safely and as quickly as possible," said Jason Fabre, CenterPoint's Vice President, Special Response Team and Incident Commander. "With the strongest winds now behind us, our crews have assessed the system's impacts overnight and this morning and are completing any necessary repairs. We appreciate our customers' patience and we're pleased that most customers were restored within about an hour on average."

CenterPoint took the following actions ahead of the weekend windstorm:

  • Deployed the company's resources: Had 900 personnel ready to respond to outages and support preparedness actions ahead of restoration efforts.
  • Activated Emergency Operations Center: To coordinate storm response efforts throughout the day, the company proactively activated its Emergency Operations Center on Sunday morning and remained ready to respond.
  • Monitored weather 24/7: The Meteorology team continued to track forecast developments, and the company updated response plans as conditions evolved.
  • Pre-positioned resources: Response teams were pre-positioned in areas where storms were forecasted to impact and remain ready to respond to any electric or natural gas service interruptions safely and as quickly as possible.
  • Coordinated with local officials: The company provided updates to local officials and emergency management partners.

About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving more than 7 million metered customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas. The company is headquartered in Houston and is the only Texas-domiciled investor-owned utility. As of December 31, 2025, the company had approximately $46.5 billion in assets. With approximately 8,800 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been serving customers for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.

CenterPoint Energy monitoring and prepared for cold front with strong winds across Greater Houston area

​​​Wind gusts in 35 - 45+ mph range forecasted to impact Greater Houston area Sunday night into Monday morning

Enhanced frontline workforce prepared and ready to respond to potential impacts on system

HOUSTON - March 14, 2026 - CenterPoint Energy is monitoring and prepared for an incoming cold front forecasted to impact the Greater Houston area Sunday night and Monday morning, bringing with it strong winds with potential gusts in the range of 35 - 45+ mph. The company's enhanced workforce of more than 900 CenterPoint frontline workers is prepared to respond to any impacts on electric service. CenterPoint continues to communicate and coordinate with local government officials ahead of Sunday's forecast.

During this week's storms, approximately 97.5% of CenterPoint's 2.9 million customers across the Greater Houston area had uninterrupted service. Customers who experienced storm-related outages were restored on average within approximately 54 minutes. The vast majority of customers were restored within 3 hours or less.

"As a cold front is expected to move through the area, our CenterPoint team has been monitoring the potential for strong winds with gusts of at least 35 - 45+ mph or higher across our service territory," said Matt Lanza, CenterPoint's Manager of Meteorology. "Our crews are prepared for the possibility of another round of very strong winds starting Sunday evening, and our frontline workers stand ready to respond. We will continue to actively monitor for any severe weather and urge our customers to stay alert in anticipation of quickly changing weather conditions."

Preparing for Severe Weather: Key Actions
As part of its storm preparedness efforts, CenterPoint is taking the following actions:

  • Readying t​he company's workforce and resources:More than 900 personnel remain ready to support potential restoration efforts throughout the week.
  • Monitoring severe weather 24/7: The Meteorology team continues to track weather forecast developments, and the company is updating response efforts as conditions evolve.
  • Coordinating with local officials: CenterPoint is providing updates to local officials and emergency management partners.

What customers should do:

About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving more than 7 million metered customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas. The company is headquartered in Houston and is the only Texas-domiciled investor-owned utility. As of December 31, 2025, the company had approximately $46.5 billion in assets. With approximately 8,800 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been serving customers for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.

CenterPoint Energy continues monitoring severe weather and remains prepared as additional storms forecast for southwestern Indiana

​​​CenterPoint's electric infrastructure performed well and had minimal customer impacts during this week's storms and stands ready for another round of severe weather expected Sunday

Customers encouraged to stay safe and maintain emergency plans

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - March 13, 2026 - CenterPoint Energy is monitoring another round of potentially severe thunderstorms forecast to move through southwestern Indiana on Sunday. According to the National Weather Service, damaging winds, heavy rain and isolated tornadoes are possible Sunday afternoon through the evening hours.

The company has remained in a heightened posture since storms moved through the region on Tuesday and Wednesday. CenterPoint is preparing crews and coordinating with local government officials ahead of Sunday's forecast.

During this week's storms, the company's electric system performed well with minimal outages that peaked at approximately 900 customers out of the approximately 154,000 electric customers CenterPoint serves in the region.

"More than 99% of our customers had uninterrupted service during this week's storms, and we remain fully prepared as another system moves into our area," said Mike Roeder, President of CenterPoint Energy Indiana. "Our teams stand ready to respond."

CenterPoint encourages customers to prepare for severe weather:

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