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​​​Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative​​

Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative

CenterPoint Energy is taking action now to improve our resiliency, customer communications and community partnerships, and better prepare for the next major storm or hurricane. Our second phase of the GHRI will extend from September 1, 2024, to June 1, 2025, and is already underway. In this near-term phase, we will focus on another suite of significant resiliency and reliability actions and programs.​

Near-Term Actions to Improve Resiliency As of
Nov. 5, 2024
Target by
June 1, 2025
Resilience

Install new poles or replace existing wooden poles with stronger ones, including composite, capable of withstanding extreme winds (Coastal: 132 mph standard; Inland: 110 mph standard)

4,578
poles
25,000
poles
Reliability Devices

Install automated reliability devices to reduce sustained interruptions in major storm events and reduce restoration times

 
Scheduled to begin
early 2025
4,500
automated reliability devices
IGSDs

Install Intelligent Grid Switching Devices (IGSDs)

26
IGSDs
350
IGSDs
Resilience

Trim or remove vegetation from distribution line miles with higher-risk vegetation across our system

800
miles
4,000
miles
Communications

Undergrounding of power lines

102
miles
400
miles
Weather Install new weather monitoring stations
 
Scheduled to begin
early 2025
100
stations