As weather system exits region, approximately 96% of CenterPoint Energy customers not impacted by today’s significant weather, as crews continue working through the night to[...]

​HOUSTON - May 1, 2026 - As severe weather moved through the Greater Houston area overnight and throughout the day, more than 96% of CenterPoint Energy's 2.9 million customers experienced no impacts to their electric service due to significant weather, as of 4 p.m.​

At the peak of today's storm activity around 11 a.m., approximately 14,800 customers were without service. About 106,000 customers have experienced service interruptions since midnight, with over 103,200 of those customers restored as of 4 p.m. The average restoration time per outage is approximately 90 minutes. As of 4 p.m., approximately 3,000 customers are currently without power - approximately 0.1% of CenterPoint's customers. These numbers may continue to fluctuate as additional storms move through the area this afternoon and evening.

Crews have been pre-positioned across the area and are actively restoring customers experiencing outages in the areas most impacted, including the Katy, Cypress, Baytown, Humble and Greenspoint areas of the company's electric service territory, which experienced heavy rainfall and localized flooding.

CenterPoint's Emergency Operations Center remains activated as crews support restoration efforts and continue executing preparedness actions ahead of continued weather impacts today.

"We know one outage is one too many and we are committed to getting the lights back on for each of those customers experiencing isolated outages following today's storms. Our crews are out right now across the Greater Houston area working to safely and quickly restore customers, while also preparing for another round of severe weather tonight," said Nathan Brownell, CenterPoint's Vice President of Resilience and Capital Delivery and Incident Commander.

"As heavy rainfall continues and the threat of flooding remains across the area, we urge customers to stay prepared. We urge customers to stay aware and alert to the dangers of flood waters - and stay away from downed power lines that could be submerged in standing water. If you see a downed power line, stay at least 35 feet away and call us at 713-207-2222 to report."

CenterPoint has taken the following actions:

• Deployed resources: More than 1,300 personnel are available to respond to outages.
• Activated Emergency Operations Center: To coordinate storm response efforts throughout today's severe weather event, the company proactively activated its Emergency Operations Center yesterday and remains ready to respond.
• ​ Continued monitoring of weather 24/7: The Meteorology team continues to track forecast developments, and the company is updating response plans as conditions evolve.
• Pre-positioned resources: Response teams have been pre-positioned in areas where storms are forecasted to impact and remain ready to respond to any electric or natural gas service interruptions safely and as quickly as possible.
• Continued coordination with local officials: The company is providing updates to local officials and emergency management partners.
  

What customers should do:

• Sign up for Power Alert Service^®: Get outage updates and restoration times.
• Track outages: Bookmark our new Outage Tracker (available in English & Spanish and mobile-friendly) to see outage information in your area.
• Stay safe: Visit Ready.gov for storm safety tips.
• ​ Follow us: Real-time updates will be available on X and at CenterPointEnergy.com/ActionCenter.
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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 March 31, 2026, the company owned approximately $47.8 billion in assets. With approximately 8,800 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.