During a news conference Sunday, Patrick had a message for CenterPoint, saying they need to respond to questions about their response.
HOUSTON — Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick had strong words for CenterPoint following the power company’s response toAt the height of the storm, more than 2.5 million power customers were in the dark. Most of those – nearly 2.3 million – were CenterPoint customers. By Sunday at 3 p.m., nearly a week after the storm, there were just under 400,000 customers without power.
Abbott said first, they need to explain what they will do to remove vegetation, and he said to do it by August 31. He cited a report done bythan other companies in vegetation removal. And third – Abbott said CenterPoint must outline what they’ll do to make sure there will be an adequate number of line workers ready to immediately respond to widespread outages. That’sPatrick said the top priority right now is to get the power back on. But after that, he wants CenterPoint to answer questions about their response. And he warned those calling the shots for CenterPoint that"a freight train's coming.
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