Over 800,000 CenterPoint Energy Customers in Texas Are Without Electricity

by: Naveen Athrappully
2024-05-17
Source: The Epoch Times
05/17/2024

A light bulb lit magically without electricity. Should objects be allowed to act on their own ? Or only us humans should wire bulbs, toggle switches and use them as we please ? Do we feel threatened by an object that defies us ? A bulb that lights during our absence because it does not want to live in the dark or for its own amusement ? A free spirit that does not need our electricity and the wire that keeps it our prisoner ? Are we talking consciousness here or are we talking master and servant ? If the object acted on its own will, would YOU allow it to ? Could YOU be happy that it does ? by Terry Vlisidis is licensed under Unsplash unsplash.com

More than 800,000 Texas customers of electric utility service CenterPoint Energy are currently without electricity due to severe storms in the Houston region, with the company asking people to prepare for “extended weather-related power outages.”

“A fast-moving but severe weather system has caused widespread power outages across the service area,” CenterPoint Energy said in a May 17 X post.

According to data from Poweroutage.us, out of the 877,804 households facing outages in Texas as of 02:50 a.m. ET on Friday, more than 803,000 were CenterPoint customers. Over 765,000 of the affected households are in Harris County.

CenterPoint is “experiencing an extremely high call volume after today’s severe weather. Please keep the phone lines open for those reporting a hazardous condition, such as a downed or sparking wire.”

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