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A new gas power plant in Baytown from NRG Energy will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money as part of a loan from the state, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/09/26/531996/new-nrg-gas-facility-in-baytown-receives-562-million-state-loan/

#EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #Texas #Ercot #NaturalGasPowerPlants #NrgEnergy #PUCT #TexasEnergyFund

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

NRG Energy has secured a multimillion-dollar state loan to construct two new natural gas units at a power plant in Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/08/06/528002/nrg-energy-receives-up-to-216m-state-loan-to-construct-two-houston-natural-gas-facilities/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Local #News #Texas #2021WinterStorm #ERCOTGrid #GovGregAbbott #NaturalGasPowerPlants #NrgEnergy #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas

As Central Texas and much of the state grapples with catastrophic flooding, Houston marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Beryl.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2025/07/08/525876/theres-nothing-reasonable-about-climate-change-local-experts-reflect-on-beryl-anniversary/

#ClimateChange #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Hurricane #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #Weather #Centerpoint #CentralTexasFloods #HurricaneBeryl #HurricaneBerylAnniversary #KinderInstituteForUrbanResearch #StormPreparedness

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

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

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

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

Houston-based NRG Energy has announced a venture to build four new natural gas power plants in the U.S. to power artificial intelligence data centers, with some slated for Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/03/05/515340/nrg-energy-announces-plans-for-4-new-natural-gas-plants-to-power-a-i/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #Ercot #NaturalGasPowerPlants #NrgEnergy #TexasEnergyFund

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

For the first time in the city's history, Jamaica Beach officials this week began discussions about a project to restore beach dunes after Hurricane Beryl damaged the community's coastlines.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/galveston/2025/01/10/510425/jamaica-beach-officials-discussing-first-dune-restoration-project-following-hurricane-beryl-damage/

#EnergyEnvironment #Galveston #Hurricane #Local #News #DuneRestoration #GalvestonIsland #HurricaneBeryl #HurricaneBerylDamage #JamaicaBeach

Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, money flows to Matagorda Bay and its fishermen.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/01/07/509971/a-shrimpers-crusade-pays-big-dividends-on-a-remote-stretch-of-texas-coastline/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #Texas #DianeWilson #FormosaPlastics #MatagordaBay #MatagordaBayFishingCooperative #Nurdles #PortLavaca

Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, money flows to Matagorda Bay and its fishermen.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/01/07/509971/a-shrimpers-crusade-pays-big-dividends-on-a-remote-stretch-of-texas-coastline/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #Texas #DianeWilson #FormosaPlastics #MatagordaBay #MatagordaBayFishingCooperative #Nurdles #PortLavaca

Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, money flows to Matagorda Bay and its fishermen.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/01/07/509971/a-shrimpers-crusade-pays-big-dividends-on-a-remote-stretch-of-texas-coastline/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #Texas #DianeWilson #FormosaPlastics #MatagordaBay #MatagordaBayFishingCooperative #Nurdles #PortLavaca

Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, money flows to Matagorda Bay and its fishermen.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/01/07/509971/a-shrimpers-crusade-pays-big-dividends-on-a-remote-stretch-of-texas-coastline/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #Texas #DianeWilson #FormosaPlastics #MatagordaBay #MatagordaBayFishingCooperative #Nurdles #PortLavaca

Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, money flows to Matagorda Bay and its fishermen.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/01/07/509971/a-shrimpers-crusade-pays-big-dividends-on-a-remote-stretch-of-texas-coastline/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #Texas #DianeWilson #FormosaPlastics #MatagordaBay #MatagordaBayFishingCooperative #Nurdles #PortLavaca

CenterPoint Energy is proposing a plan to send 15 of its mobile generators to San Antonio this summer, allegedly reducing Houston customers' bills in the process.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/12/20/509409/centerpoint-proposes-sending-houston-mobile-generators-to-san-antonio-to-reduce-customers-bills/

#EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #Weather #CenterPointEngergy #CenterPointGenerators #HurricaneBeryl #WinterStormUri

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

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is holding a public hearing for the W.A. Parish power plant in Richmond on Monday night.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/09/30/501357/tceq-to-host-public-hearing-for-w-a-parish-power-plant/

#EnergyEnvironment #FortBend #News #FortBendCounty #NrgEnergy #Tceq

CERAWeek, by S&P Global, is the annual conference that brings industry leaders, policymakers and others engaged in energy to Houston for a variety of discussions and addresses.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2024/03/18/480896/houston-kicks-off-ceraweek-2024-as-participants-from-85-countries-come-to-discuss-energy/

#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #HoustonMatters #Local #News #Shows #CERAWeek #DanielYergin #SPGlobal