Weathering the storm From the cover
Two-minute impact
Peak outages
Customers outages per ZIP code in Sugar Land, Missouri City, July 8
The Category 1 hurricane brought winds as high as 50 mph and roughly 9 inches of rainfall to the Sugar Land and Missouri City areas, according to data from The Citizen Weather Observer Program and Harris County Flood Warning System. Meanwhile, in the ve ZIP codes that make up Community Impact’s Sugar Land and Missouri City coverage area, 87,229 customers were without power at its peak, per CenterPoint Energy data. “I take personal accountability for the areas where we fell short of customers’ expectations. ... I and my entire leadership team will not make excuses,” CenterPoint Energy CEO Jason Wells said. In addition, at least 18 people have died in the Greater Houston area as a result of Beryl as of July 24, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. Local cities and Fort Bend County have also issued disaster declarations to receive state and federal aid for storm-related costs.
< 10,000
10,001-20,000
> 20,001
77478
77489
COURTESY CITY OF SUGAR LAND Beryl’s high winds a ected many of Houston’s trees.
77498
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Customer outages Total CenterPoint outages after Hurricane Beryl
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77479
3M
2.27M
CenterPoint Energy restored power to 2M customers over 10 days.
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77459
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21K
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Outages per ZIP code 77459: 27,948 77478: 6,675
77479: 29,598 77489: 10,098 77498: 12,910
July 8-18, 2024
SOURCE: CENTERPOINT ENERGY COMMUNITY IMPACT
The impact
18 people in Texas have died as of July 24 10 power transmission lines were downed in the greater Houston area
Beryl and other recent severe weather events.” Looking long term, the city of Sugar Land is working on a $146 million Rapid-Start Power Plant project, which will provide at least 100 megawatts of power generation and enhance the grid’s resilience, according to the city’s website. The project is being facilitated by the Sugar Land O ce of Economic Development and Tourism with anticipated build-out in late 2027 or early 2028.
CenterPoint is responsible for maintaining trees around power lines, as downed trees on power lines contributed to regional outages, city o cials said. However, city o cials said they are invested in infrastructure improvements to ensure area structures can handle weather events. “Following Hurricane Harvey, voters approved millions of dollars in drainage improvements,” Sugar Land Communications Director Doug Adolph said. “Not one home ooded during Hurricane
2.2M CenterPoint Energy customers lost power $28B-$32B early estimate of damage and loss across U.S.
SOURCES: HARRIS COUNTY INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, CENTERPOINT ENERGY, ACCUWEATHER COMMUNITY IMPACT
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