{"id":287530,"date":"2026-05-11T05:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/287530\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T05:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:04:13","slug":"centerpoint-energy-mobilizes-for-overnight-houston-storms-outages-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/287530\/","title":{"rendered":"CenterPoint Energy mobilizes for overnight Houston storms, outages possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1235644395.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">In this photo illustration CenterPoint Energy, Inc. logo seen displayed on a smartphone and in the background. (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; CenterPoint Energy crews will be on standby for the Houston area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">They will respond overnight as potentially severe thunderstorms are expected to move across the greater Houston area late Sunday night and into early Monday.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The company said its Emergency Operations Center remains activated, with frontline employees and contractors prepared to address possible disruptions to electric and natural gas services.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Forecasters expect a broken line of thunderstorms to affect parts of the region between midnight and 6 a.m. on Monday, with the strongest activity during those hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imutkovnmc3vw4iy.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: May 10 overnight forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">CenterPoint\u2019s meteorology team is monitoring conditions and supporting response planning, the company said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;We want our customers and communities to know that our crews stand ready and will be responding overnight as storms move through the area,&#8221; said John Cornelius, CenterPoint\u2019s vice president of distribution operations and incident commander.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">He added that crews will track conditions and work to restore service safely and as quickly as possible if outages occur.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">CenterPoint said it has expanded its workforce for overnight response, is coordinating with local officials and emergency management partners, and continues to monitor weather developments around the clock.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The company urges customers to sign up for outage alerts, track outages online and follow safety guidance during severe weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article was provided by Centerpoint Energy.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/weather\/severe-weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Severe Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\/energy-corridor\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Energy Corridor<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article In this photo illustration CenterPoint Energy, Inc. logo seen displayed on a smartphone and in the background.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[105414,56,58,57,223,4375,216,393,172],"class_list":["post-287530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-energy-corridor","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-severe-weather","tag-tx","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}