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White Monopoly Capital Leaves Million Texans in Dark Ages.

CenterPoint Energy's slow response left millions in the dark, with only 44% of customers regaining power. When will corporations finally take responsibility for the lives impacted by their failures?

Published July 11, 2024 at 8:37am by Marley Malenfant

Texas, You've Got Some Explaining to Do

It's been 72 hours since Hurricane Beryl made landfall, and over 1 MILLION people are still without power.

While CenterPoint Energy and Entergy Texas boast about restoring power to over 50% of customers, that still leaves HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS in the dark. And with the National Weather Service predicting EXTREME HEAT, this isn't just an inconvenience, it's a HEALTH CRISIS.

TEXAS, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

Are we waiting for more heat-related illnesses or even deaths before we fix this?

Here's how to take action:

ENTERGY CUSTOMERS

View the travesty via this outage map.
To report an outage: Step into the digital age, go to myentergy.com/s/reportoutagenow.

CENTERPOINT ENERGY CUSTOMERS

Witness the disaster here.
To report an outage: Phone the stone age: 713-207-2222 or 800-332-7143.
Sign up for alerts and join the modern world: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/InYourCommunity/Pages/electric-outage-alerts.aspx?sa=ho&au=res

AEP TEXAS CUSTOMERS

Behold the outrage: https://do0w5bc7j7xy8.cloudfront.net/external/default.html.
Check the status of your complaint: https://www.aeptexas.com/outages/status.
Report an outage and join the chorus of the damned: 866-223-8508 or https://www.aeptexas.com/outages/report/.

ONCOR CUSTOMERS

Observe the mediocre response: https://stormcenter.oncor.com/external/default.html.
Stay informed so you can keep shaming them: Text "REG" to 66267.
Report an outage and be heard: 888-313-4747 or https://stormcenter.oncor.com/.

[SOURCE: Various, as per above URLs]