Jump into summer fun with this week’s amazing Insider DealsThough power is slowly coming back, there has been some significant progress in restoration, albeit taking longer than some customers would have liked. Even some KPRC 2 staffcontinue, new satellite images provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are giving a sobering look at the massive power outages across East Texas, caused by Beryl.
According to NOAA, these images were captured by the Day/Night Band on the NOAA-21 satellite’s VIIRS instrument, which scans the entire Earth twice per day at a 750-meter resolution. Several visible and infrared channels enable it to detect dust, smoke, and haze associated with industrial pollution and fire.All customers are expected to have their power restored by Friday.
, doubling down on his stance on demanding answers from CenterPoint Energy. He stated that they have a deadline to give them information on their response or that Abbott suggests issuing an executive order. “If CenterPoint does not respond to my request, I will be issuing an executive order imposing, what I think, are the appropriate standards,” Abbott said. “The standards I want to impose on CenterPoint would be far more costly than what they may be coming up with. Separate from that, if they don’t comply with my request and refuse to work with them, we’re going to completely re-evaluate the current status of CenterPoint in our area.