CenterPoint Energy sent out a warning to watch out for fraudulent messages about rotating power outages taking place Friday evening.
Around 7:30 a.m. Friday, more than 30,000 people were starting their day without power, but thousands of customers have since had their power restored.was reporting 7,470 customers were affected while Entergy Texas says more than 75% of customers' power was restored in less than 24 hours after working to restore it. "Entergy Texas crews are assessing and restoring damage from strong winds and gusts that swept across Southeast Texas on December 22. At 11:30 p.m.
The localized outages are related to windy conditions affecting main line and neighborhood circuits. Entergy Texas power generation resources continue to operate as expected, and crews are working around the clock to safely restore power as quickly as possible," Entergy Texas stated in an update released around midnight.Tony Munoz, the Deputy Directory of Homeland Security, joins FOX 26 to provide the latest on the Texas power grid as well as power outages across the Houston area.
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