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CenterPoint Energy Breach Exposes Customer Data

CenterPoint Energy suffered a major breach, with a hacker claiming to have stolen 7.49 million customer records, including sensitive info like names, addresses, account numbers, and partial Social Security numbers. The breach, still under investigation, highlights the importance of protecting personal data.

https://osintsights.com/centerpoint-energy-breach-exposes-customer-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#CenterpointEnergy #DataBreach #CustomerData #EnergySector #EmergingThreats

CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Gets A Zacks Upgrade And Dividend Lift, Is It Fully Priced? https://www.byteseu.com/2228697/ #CenterPointEnergy #Energy #FairValue #SharePrice #ZacksRank

https://www.europesays.com/3110515/ Five Energy Stocks Riding Texas’s Data Center Power Boom #AIPowerDemand #CenterPointEnergy #EnergyTransfer #ercot #FermiInc #GasPrice #LiquefiedNaturalGas #lng #LNGPrice #NaturalGas #NaturalGasPowerPlants #NrgEnergy #TexasDataCenters #TexasElectricityGrid #VistraCorp

CenterPoint Energy is corrupt.

CenterPoint’s PACs have contributed millions to influential right-wing PACs in Texas
https://energyandpolicy.org/https-energyandpolicy-org-texas-utility-pac/

#Texas #CenterpointEnergy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Bengals player to fly with Blue Angels before Dayton Air Show

A Cincinnati Bengals player will fly with the Blue Angels before next week’s CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show.…
#NFL #CincinnatiBengals #Cincinnati #Bengals #BlueAngels #CenterPointEnergy #DaytonAirShow #Football #JulianBattle #MediaRelations #SheliaWallace
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Bengals player to fly with Blue Angels before Dayton Air Show https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/908748/ #Bengals #BlueAngels #CenterPointEnergy #Cincinnati #CincinnatiBengals #CincinnatiBengals #DaytonAirShow #Football #JulianBattle #MediaRelations #NFL #SheliaWallace

https://www.europesays.com/2990005/ CenterPoint Energy conducts full-scale emergency exercise in preparation for 2026 hurricane season #CenterPointEnergy #GasPrice #LiquefiedNaturalGas #lng #LNGPrice #NaturalGas

11K customers without power as severe storms pummel Houston area

Entergy also reporting outages UKRAINE – 2021/04/29: In this photo illustration, a CenterPoint Energy logo seen displayed on…
#NFL #HoustonTexans #Houston #Texans #CenterPoint #CenterPointEnergy #Football #news #PowerOutages #weather
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11K customers without power as severe storms pummel Houston area https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/754378/ #CenterPoint #CenterPointEnergy #Football #Houston #HoustonTexans #HoustonTexans #news #NFL #PowerOutages #Texans #weather

https://www.europesays.com/2699379/ Morris County gas leak causes service outage for 1000 customers, Pewitt CISD cancels classes #CenterPointEnergy #GasLeak #GasPrice #KETK #LiquefiedNaturalGas #lng #LNGPrice #MorrisCounty #NaturalGas #NaturalGasService #Service

CenterPoint, NVIDIA, Palantir form Chain Reaction AI initiative https://www.byteseu.com/1635901/ #AI #AiInfrastructureInitiative #AiInitiative #ArtificialIntelligence #CenterPointEnergy #ChainReaction #DataCenters #GridReliability #GridReliabilityChallenges #GridStability #JasonWells #Nvidia #palantir #PowerGride #PowerOutages #TristanGruska

Palantir launches Chain Reaction to supercharge Americas AI infrastructure demands

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/12/palantir-chain-reaction-ai-infrastructure/

Houston-area residents likely will see increased charges on their next round of electricity bills.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/09/03/529921/houstonians-may-see-higher-electricity-bills-following-centerpoints-winter-rate-adjustment/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Local #News #CenterPointEnergy #ElectricityBills #EnergyRates #HoustonElectricityCosts

More than a year after Hurricane Beryl left more than 2.2 million Houston-area homes and businesses without power, Harris County residents still have an overwhelmingly negative opinion of CenterPoint Energy, according to a new survey.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/08/12/528526/survey-houstonians-have-overall-unfavorable-opinion-of-centerpoint/

#EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Weather #CenterPointEnergy #HobbySchoolOfPublicAffairs #HurricaneBeryl #UniversityOfHouston #UniversityOfHoustonHobbySchool

More than 30,000 CenterPoint Energy customers were out of power across the Houston area early Monday as thunderstorms rolled in. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2025/08/04/527849/more-than-30000-centerpoint-energy-customers-out-of-power-as-houston-storms-roll-in/

#News #Weather #CenterPointEnergy #EnergyCustomers #GroundStop #HoustonWeather

Texas residents and businesses who sued utility companies for cutting power during the 2021 winter storm didn't adequately prove the companies were intentionally negligent in causing widespread blackouts, the Texas Supreme Court ruled.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/06/27/525185/texas-supreme-court-partly-sides-with-centerpoint-other-utilities-in-lawsuits-over-2021-winter-storm/

#Business #Court #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #Lawsuits #TexasSupremeCourt #Winter #WinterStormUri2021

Utility company CenterPoint Energy has reached a settlement agreement with several Houston-area municipalities to spend $3.2 billion over the next several years as part of its systemwide resiliency plan. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2025/06/17/524284/centerpoint-energy-reaches-3-2-billion-resiliency-plan-agreement-with-houston-area-cities/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #CenterPointEnergy #CityOfHouston #ElectricityCosts #HurricaneBeryl #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas #ResiliencyInitative

A bill in the Texas Legislature that would enhance the penalty for assaulting a utility worker, making it equal to that of assaulting a first responder, is one step closer to becoming law. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2025/05/21/522006/texas-house-passes-bill-to-increase-penalty-for-assaulting-utility-workers/

#Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #CenterPointEnergy #HurricaneBeryl #TexasHouse #UtilityWorkers

A recent audit of CenterPoint Energy’s management found that the utility company did not adequately assess the risks or potential conflicts of interest before agreeing to an $800 million mobile generator lease. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/05/19/521749/centerpoint-found-to-have-inadequacies-in-controversial-generator-procurement-process-audit-finds/

#Business #Houston #Hurricane #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointGenerators #HurricaneBeryl #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas

Construction is set to begin for a new battery energy storage system in Houston as part of a collaboration between utility company CenterPoint Energy, Irby Construction and SMT Energy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521424/centerpoint-partners-break-ground-on-houston-battery-storage-project/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #BatteryEnergyStorageSystem #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #HoustonPowerOutages #RenewableEnergy #TexasPowerGrid

The Texas Senate passed a bill that would enhance the penalty for assaulting a utility worker, making it equal to that of assaulting a first responder. The proposed law was authored by a Democrat from Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2025/05/01/520283/senate-passes-bill-to-increase-penalty-for-assaulting-utility-workers/

#Crime #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Politics #Texas #CarolAlvarado #CenterPointEnergy #HurricaneBeryl #SenateBill482 #TexasSenate #UtilityWorkers

CenterPoint Energy announced this week that it has begun installing 100 weather stations across the Houston region. The data from the stations will be shared with the public.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/04/30/520175/centerpoint-begins-rollout-of-100-weather-stations-throughout-the-houston-area/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Weather #Centerpoint #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointWeatherStations #HurricaneBeryl #NationalWeatherService

All lanes of the Katy Freeway near Dairy Ashford Road in Houston will be closed this weekend while CenterPoint Energy conducts work on electric transmission lines.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/04/25/519810/katy-freeway-near-dairy-ashford-in-houston-to-be-closed-over-weekend-for-centerpoint-transmission-work/

#Houston #Local #News #Transportation #CenterPointEnergy #HardyTollRoad #KatyFreeway #MemorialHermannIronmanTexas #Txdot

CenterPoint Energy has reached a deal with the state of Texas to absorb the cost of the 15 large, mobile generators it leased, valued at roughly $880 million. The move follows months of intense criticism and negotiation with lawmakers.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/ercot/2025/04/04/517761/centerpoint-agrees-to-absorb-costs-of-mobile-generators-and-cut-rates-for-customers/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #ERCOT #Houston #Hurricane #Infrastructure #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Weather #2025TexasLegislature #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointGenerators #HurricaneBeryl #PowerOutages #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas

The Houston City Council denied a request from CenterPoint Energy for an electricity rate hike and suspended the company’s gas rate increase for 45 days.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/03/26/516991/houston-city-council-denies-centerpoint-energy-rate-hike-that-would-wipe-out-savings-from-rate-settlement/

#Business #CityOfHouston #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Local #News #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointRateIncrease #CenterPointRates #HoustonCityCouncil #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas #RailroadCommissionOfTexas

CenterPoint Energy is partnering with two technology companies to use artificial intelligence to help identify problems in its Houston-area power distribution system and prioritize repairs. A local energy expert expressed skepticism.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/technology/2025/03/25/516887/centerpoint-energy-employing-ai-to-help-maintain-houston-area-infrastructure/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #CenterPointCustomers #CenterPointEnergy #EdHirs #HoustonPowerOutages #HoustonStormPreparedness

Natural gas customers in the Houston area could soon see an increase in their monthly bills as CenterPoint Energy is seeking approval for a rate hike.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/03/12/515896/centerpoint-rate-increase-natural-gas-customers-houston-region/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Centerpoint #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointRateIncrease #NaturalGas #NaturalGasPriceIncrease #RailroadCommissionOfTexas

CenterPoint Energy on Thursday said the company is on track to strengthen Houston's energy resiliency ahead of the 2025 hurricane season. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/03/07/515468/centerpoint-on-track-to-strengthen-energy-resiliency-ahead-of-2025-hurricane-season-company-says/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #News #2025HurricaneSeason #CenterPointEnergy #HurricaneBeryl #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas

Amidst backlash from ratepayers and legislators alike regarding CenterPoint Energy’s response to Hurricane Beryl, the Houston utility company still received more than $1 billion in profits in 2024.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/02/20/514385/centerpoint-profited-over-1-billion-in-2024-despite-hurricane-beryl-outages/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Centerpoint #CenterPointEarnings #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointHurricaneBeryl #HoustonPowerOutages #HurricaneBeryl

Months after wrapping up a multi-million dollar initiative to harden Houston's energy infrastructure after Hurricane Beryl left the city in the dark, CenterPoint Energy is now seeking to invest nearly $6 billion in the grid.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/02/05/513073/ratepayer-whiplash-centerpoint-now-seeks-6-billion-for-energy-resiliency-in-houston/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #Centerpoint #CenterPointEnergy #Ratepayers #ResiliencyInitative

Houston area CenterPoint Energy customers are slated to begin receiving a discount on monthly residential and small business bills after the company settled its 2024 rate case after months of negotiations.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/01/30/512397/centerpoint-energy-rate-case-settlement-will-decrease-bills-for-houston-area-customers/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #Centerpoint #CenterPointEnergy #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas #RateCase

With Houston expecting a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain, many residents are anxious about a repeat of the power outages from the winter storm of February 2021. CenterPoint Energy says it's taking steps to keep the lights and heat on.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/01/20/511393/centerpoint-prepares-for-possible-power-outages-from-winter-storm/

#EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Texas #Weather #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointHurricaneBeryl #FreezingRain #PowerOutages #Snow #WinterStorm

Houston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to deny CenterPoint Energy’s request for a rate hike that would have increased the average Houstonian's bill by $1.83 a month.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/01/09/510303/houston-city-council-denies-centerpoints-request-for-rate-hike/

#CityOfHouston #Local #News #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointRateIncrease #HoustonCityCouncil #HurricaneBeryl

The Houston City Council is expected to deny CenterPoint Energy’s latest request for a rate increase during a meeting on Wednesday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/01/07/510059/houston-city-council-expected-to-deny-centerpoint-request-to-increase-rate-for-now/

#Business #CityOfHouston #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #CenterPointEnergy #EdHirs #ElectricityCosts #HoustonCityCouncil #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas #RateIncreases

The Greater Houston area will remain under a freeze warning until 9 a.m. Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. A cold weather advisory warning of freezing wind chills will remain in place until 11 a.m.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/01/06/509792/houston-area-freeze-warning-in-place-through-monday-morning-nws-says/

#News #Weather #ArcticBlast #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #HoustonWeather

With a cold snap on the horizon in Houston, homeowners are advised to take proactive measures to protect their homes.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2025/01/03/509761/with-freezing-weather-headed-to-houston-heres-how-to-prepare-your-home/

#Houston #Local #News #Weather #CenterPointEnergy #FrozenPipes #HoustonFreezingWeather #HoustonWeather #JohnMooreServices #Winterization

CenterPoint Energy will inspect cold-weather equipment and coordinate emergency plans with grid operators ahead of the 2025 winter season, the company announced earlier this month.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/12/27/509416/centerpoint-to-inspect-cold-weather-equipment-prepare-emergency-plans-ahead-of-2025-winter-season/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointOutages #Winter #WinterSeason

Lawmakers and regulators are trying to ensure that the lessons learned from Hurricane Beryl are not forgotten when it comes to the failures of utility companies like CenterPoint Energy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/11/27/507122/what-the-pucs-report-and-pending-audit-mean-for-centerpoint-and-the-puc-itself/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Hurricane #InDepth #Infrastructure #News #Politics #Texas #Weather #2025TexasLegislature #CenterPointEnergy #HurricaneBeryl #PowerOutages #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas

The Public Utility Commission of Texas has issued its report on CenterPoint Energy's response to Hurricane Beryl and is recommending the state legislature to take step to improve communication.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/11/21/506768/puc-calls-for-legislative-regulatory-fixes-for-centerpoints-failures-during-beryl/

#EnergyEnvironment #Hurricane #Infrastructure #News #Politics #Texas #CenterPointEnergy #GovernorGregAbbott #HurricaneBeryl #PowerOutages #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas

Following calls for action from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick after Hurricane Beryl, the Public Utility Commission of Texas will look for a third-party company to conduct an audit of CenterPoint Energy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2024/11/15/506267/public-utility-commission-to-audit-centerpoint-energy-after-calls-from-state-leaders/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #Centerpoint #CenterPointEnergy #HurricaneBeryl #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas