CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) announced it is monitoring a tropical disturbance (Invest 98L) in the Bay of Campeche that could affect South Texas by week's end. Current projections indicate minimal impact on the Greater Houston area, primarily increasing rain chances for Friday and Saturday.
The company highlighted its summer storm readiness plan and recent Hurricane Beryl-inspired Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI) improvements, including: installation of 32,000+ storm-resilient poles, undergrounding of 400+ miles of power lines, deployment of 5,150+ automated reliability devices, and installation of 100+ weather monitoring stations across its service territory.
HOUSTON, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy's Meteorology, Emergency Planning and Response and Electric Operations teams are aware of and monitoring a tropical disturbance (Invest 98L) moving across the Bay of Campeche Thursday. Based on current projections, the path of the storm could come near the South Texas coast by the end of the week. The storm is anticipated to primarily increase rain chances for the Greater Houston area.
While the exact forecast specifics are still to be determined, CenterPoint is ready to take action with its summer storm readiness plan, if needed. CenterPoint will take further action if the disturbance continues to organize, gain strength, and if models align on a different track.
"CenterPoint's Meteorology team has been monitoring this disturbance as it moves across Mexico and toward the South Texas coast. We will continue to monitor, review new models and data and leverage our technology assets so we are prepared," said Matt Lanza, CenterPoint's Manager of Meteorology. "Right now, we are anticipating a slight increase in rain chances for the Greater Houston area on Friday and Saturday."
"While it's early and weather models can change, we want our customers, communities and the public to know that we are prepared to deploy our summer storm readiness plan should the need arise. While CenterPoint stands ready to quickly activate, we encourage everyone to keep an eye on the weather as we head toward the weekend," said Darin Carroll, Senior Vice President of CenterPoint's Electric Business.
CenterPoint's summer storm readiness plan To prepare and respond to storms this summer, the actions CenterPoint may take include:
Actions since Hurricane Beryl: Greater Houston Resiliency InitiativeSince launching the GHRI following Hurricane Beryl last summer, CenterPoint executed a historic series of critical resiliency improvements across the company's 12-county Greater Houston area service territory. The company completed the following actions:
Important weather station facts and locationsCenterPoint has installed more than 100 weather monitoring stations ahead of the Atlantic hurricane season. The weather monitoring stations were installed in strategic locations across CenterPoint's 12-county Greater Houston area electric service territory. The devices take measurements every 2-5 minutes, including humidity levels, wind speed, temperature and rainfall.
For more information on CenterPoint's GHRI actions and improvements ahead of hurricane season, visit CenterPointEnergy.com/TakingAction.
Sign-up for Power Alert Service to get updates about family and friendsCenterPoint electric customers are encouraged to enroll in the company's to receive outage details, estimated restoration times and customer-specific restoration updates via phone call, text or email. Customers can add up to five additional email addresses or phone numbers to allow family and friends to receive outage information.
Have a plan to stay safeCenterPoint is encouraging all of its customers to prepare and have a plan to stay safe during this week's weather. Customers can get storm-related safety tips at CenterPointEnergy.com/ActionCenter — available in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Customers can also stay up to date on outages with CenterPoint's new and improved, cloud-based Outage Tracker, now available in English and Spanish. The Outage Tracker is built to handle increased traffic during storms, is mobile-friendly, ADA-compliant and allows customers to see outages by county, city and zip code.
For the latest updates, follow CenterPoint on X and visit CenterPointEnergy.com/ActionCenter.
About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving approximately 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 June 30, 2025, the company had approximately $44 billion in assets. With approximately 8,300 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been serving customers for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.
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