Need to break up centerpoints monopoly. Create three or four companies so there will be competition.

@pattiwhite9575

25 күн бұрын

I agree. Competition create a better work standard. And with an area as large as Houston it needs to be divided up. Also the county must force owners to maintain trees on their property so lines are not taken out due to storms.

@marilynclarke6092

24 күн бұрын

Exactly! I'm from Michigan and there, are more companies so that people there does have an opportunity to choose which will fit their needs and pocketbooks as well.

@willbass2869

24 күн бұрын

Some entities are just "natural monopolies". It's a known economic phenomenon. Power generation & transmission are 2 well known examples. Can you imagine 4 or 5 or 6 different companies owning the poles, wires and substations in a small area??? If you've ever been to a 3rd world country you can see a rats nest of wires nailed (YES, NAILED) to poles in neighborhoods (talking about you Pakistan!)

@TheDisasterblaster

24 күн бұрын

He never denied anything about pay disputes he danced around it by saying he hasn't "heard" anything about that. Meaning he is just leaving the possibility he can come back later and say well at the time I didn't know. He knows ..what a trash company we are stuck with in centerpoint

@zatronbuck8633

24 күн бұрын

Yes!!! I was looking at how many trees should never been allowed to grow near powerlines.​@@pattiwhite9575

He is a liar, I know of some out state linemen are sleeping in their trucks so how is that providing lodging

@JC_wonderland

24 күн бұрын

So who are they and who do they work for?

@judyjudy158

24 күн бұрын

How has this man not heard of these (lodging/pay issues?! He's on this interview to speak on it. Often, preintervew questions are shared. And why didn't the newscasters press him on it?! They just let him slip by with that flimsy response?! Not impressed with the 3 of them right now, and I'm usually Ch 2 News fans.

@projectponderer

22 күн бұрын

I've heard from friends the first 24 hours there.They had to sleep in their trucks. No work orders for 36 hours after being there. Many trucks just sitting. Hardly anyone getting training. Basically it was poor planning.

@rhondacrawford4533

21 күн бұрын

BS he's a liar.

Centerpoint is lying my friend came to work out of town and he said that they don’t want to pay fairly and the request of workers

@sharont1

24 күн бұрын

Sounds like a lie to make a point. Who goes to work and don't know what their pay will be?

@JC_wonderland

24 күн бұрын

@@sharont1exactly, this is how stupid people are they get the news from Facebook, and then you got idiots like this who didn’t develop past 5th grade, like “like oH YeAhG i KnOw a GuY” sure you do buddy

Who are we going to believe? The wifes of the linemen telling these stories of the pay disputes? Or the centerpoint spokesperson? 🤔

@user-lp5ci9bi2j

24 күн бұрын

Well so far everything CP has said is a lie so hmmm I wonder who is more believable

@williamwilson6499

20 күн бұрын

Wives.

Who is giving us these numbers? Oh yeah CenterPoint. It is likely higher than 900,000. Complete liars.

@johnmoon822

25 күн бұрын

CP is counting those misleading color statuses that "have power," which is probably less than 1m. This guy dares to say, "I'm not trying to brag,..." is absurd.

@antmaster360

25 күн бұрын

Their power outage map is a lie so yeah

@yourdadsotherfamily3530

25 күн бұрын

Texas Public Utility Commission: (Google the number) PUC won't be much help with this outage, except that it puts your complaint into the public record. Be sure to state that your complaint is not that you don't have power, but rather Centerpoint continuously fails to provide the infrastructure and resources needed to communicate with the public. They refuse to build a basic website that can communicate with their customers in the middle of an outage. They don't provide enough call center people to take phone calls, they don't disseminate basic information to employees to pass on to customers. (Not to mention they can't provide reliable service). Your call to PUC won't fix your problem today, but by getting your complaint into the public record, it makes it harder for the politicians to claim "there is no problem, the grid is working great". It's not working great. It's terrible. It's fragile, unreliable, and more expensive to the consumer than it has to be.

@Edangel14-421

25 күн бұрын

The gaslighting NEEDS to STOP Centerpoint ✋️ take accountability! Actions speak louder than lies. PS...no you don't understand our frustration as you look fresh as a daisy on air getting a nice big salary in your nice home likely with a humongous back up genie...this guy is full of himself.

@tamatharountree

24 күн бұрын

Of my 40 employees only 5 have been restored power they live throughout the greater Houston area. Many have reported their “restoration map” states they are restored but it is not true including myself

Poor Management. Poor Leadership. Centerpoint is being called Center-Pointless by many.

Wake up Houston ! They don't care.

@Mekakinny

24 күн бұрын

AMERICA!!!

Typical smoke and mirrors with no definitive answers.

@gm7304

24 күн бұрын

don't boo vote blue.

@onward2727

24 күн бұрын

@@gm7304 blue states need some red, and I guess red states need some blue

Why all the softball questions? This company has underperformed why is the news media letting them off Scott free without asking them the real questions around their under performance

@Lily-wp8ol

25 күн бұрын

Why is Abbott just going to have an "investigation" rather than telling the company to FIX IT, and stop whining!

@rhondapotter6989

25 күн бұрын

Exactly! They should have, for one inquired as to his power status at home and whether he is suffering like the others out there....

@dano0726

24 күн бұрын

Exactly - she could have asked at least 2 follow up questions when he said they would be communicating more with the remaining 500K - when will you know the next week timeline and what time can I reach out to you (on record) for the next week timeline?

@bsholderlowescs

24 күн бұрын

Management Power co. Should be the last to have their power restored.

@willbass2869

24 күн бұрын

Better to have something than nothing. If Centerpoint gets repeatedly crucified on local news stations they'll just restrict info to highly scripted & choreographed press releases (just like Biden Whitehouse)

Centerpoint is going to get "no pay disputes" from customers pretty soon too!

@EatDrinkBeMerry

25 күн бұрын

They will get their power cut off - and what’s the next step?

@sbrmilitia

25 күн бұрын

@@EatDrinkBeMerrycant cut off what isn’t turned on in the first place

@MK67934

25 күн бұрын

​@@EatDrinkBeMerrythey will be sued

@nic2859

25 күн бұрын

I genuinely thought this was the meaning of the video headline

@tookster7483

24 күн бұрын

@@nic2859 Same here 😅. One thing is for certain, this is costing CenterPoint millions of dollars of lost revenue every day....not that I am upset about THAT though.

This is a major national disaster and CENTERPOINT is lying about the outage numbers. The outage map has inaccuracies. I know because my area isn’t shaded properly as being down. And I’ve seen the news reported from other Houstonians with that issue, This is dangerous because it doesn’t get Houston all of the extra outside help that we need. There are more outages than these people are admitting!

@williambrucesanders6878

25 күн бұрын

Southwest Houston still nothing

@POTTA713

25 күн бұрын

Northside nothing no power

@henrynguyen3405

25 күн бұрын

Centerpoint claims there adding finish times on the map for your neighborhoods but so far still nothing.

@yourdadsotherfamily3530

25 күн бұрын

@@williambrucesanders6878yep bellaire still nothing. Edited: they texted me two times the 11th yesterday saying “your power has been restored” but literally no one in the neighborhood has power unless they are generator ready running off grid.

@yourdadsotherfamily3530

25 күн бұрын

Texas Public Utility Commission: (Google the number) PUC won't be much help with this outage, except that it puts your complaint into the public record. Be sure to state that your complaint is not that you don't have power, but rather Centerpoint continuously fails to provide the infrastructure and resources needed to communicate with the public. They refuse to build a basic website that can communicate with their customers in the middle of an outage. They don't provide enough call center people to take phone calls, they don't disseminate basic information to employees to pass on to customers. (Not to mention they can't provide reliable service). Your call to PUC won't fix your problem today, but by getting your complaint into the public record, it makes it harder for the politicians to claim "there is no problem, the grid is working great". It's not working great. It's terrible. It's fragile, unreliable, and more expensive to the consumer than it has to be. KHOU stop deleting my comments and working FOR the negligent peoples.. I will just keep rephrasing and rewriting/ posting it. Nothing about my comment breaks guidelines for your channel or KZread

The Problem with Texas power utilities is very simple, Your states government has removed all oversight regulations of Clear Point! They get to operate as they please without having to answer to anyone! It seems like every year Texas is having major power problems after every storm. Whilst neighboring states gets their power grids up and running in 48 hours of a storm, Texas struggles for weeks before they get back up to speed!

@bennyjames558

24 күн бұрын

You cant tell em nothing they just rinse and repeat they gotta stop being ignorant by themselves we can't get them in line like other states they to prideful on being stupid. They always say they take care of them self so I gusse this what they call taking care of themselves

@signcommanders

24 күн бұрын

Not true dropped our prices a lot. But the problem is Centercrap has gotten too big and bullish. They need to be divided, imln my opinion.

@davidbryant3532

24 күн бұрын

You are a moron

@donnessiastewart4213

24 күн бұрын

You said it perfectly!

@davidbryant3532

23 күн бұрын

@@MarcHood-fy9xt you are 100% delusional. Name one place that had 100% restoration within 48 hours of a hurricane. You people are weak minded fools

That guy is just a PR BS artist.

This is all about greed......we Are people like this guy making millions while people have no a/c and living pay day to pay day......but they don't csre.

@dashingnurse5098

25 күн бұрын

Greed And Control

@justkickinit-o9p

24 күн бұрын

And depopulation ​@@dashingnurse5098

@marilynclarke6092

24 күн бұрын

Absolutely! Greed! Greed! and more Greed! 😱

The lineman are not to blame , but blame this guy . This is the operation manager he is one of our key issues . His job needs investigating. He refuses to see the problem with their preparedness of this situation so they will not change.

@JimBz84

23 күн бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏 Exactly! The linemen are doing what they can, but they can only do so much under these incompetent "leaders"

When all this is done y’all will just forget about it. Most won’t do anything to prepare for the next one.

@justkickinit-o9p

24 күн бұрын

Why should WE prepare for our lights to go out? We pay out the wazoo for lights! I'm not spending another thousand or more trying to do anything!!!

@siegedoyle

24 күн бұрын

​@Goodtimes427 he is not wrong though. Investing in an outside generator is clutch. Especially since we live next to the Gulf which is hurricane central. Just going to get worse. Be prepared abd ready. Don't lay around and wait.

@NDB469

24 күн бұрын

@@justkickinit-o9pyou can get a generator for under $300, a few extension cords maybe a small window unit for summer or space heater for winter, you can power your fridge, a few lights, maybe even your well pump, you gotta get outside the box of modern comfort and do what’s necessary when storms happen. You’re paying for the electricity you use, if it’s out, you’re not paying for it, once you’ve invested in a few basics the gas and effort you put into the generator will be a wash, being prepared is a good idea regardless. It’s frustrating but there are small things you can do to help the situation.

@davidbryant3532

24 күн бұрын

Agree...stop bitching...those without were poorly prepared.

@davidbryant3532

24 күн бұрын

​@Goodtimes427 then you suffer...don't take care of yourself...the weak link

This whole thing is poorly coordinated. The mega sized crew is showing little progress because there's not much direction nor prioritization from the higher ups.

Centerpoint is the worst. They do not care. This has been the case for many years.

@mike_w-tw6jd

24 күн бұрын

by law, they are not required to care

Center Point:Same excuses different day! Ridiculous 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

Centerpoint understand the frustration!!!! This is absolutely BS !!! Disappointing and shameful statement !!! After 5 days still no power and fro some reason the area where we live always the latest to restore!!!! Absolutely no clear update and no accurate info!!! Another disappointment !

@Critical-Thinker895

24 күн бұрын

Don't worry. Tonight you'll get another email bragging about how great they are and how they restored your power yesterday. Their map already displays me as power restored and I can see a power line on the ground from my house. They aren't even good liars.

That guy don’t GAF

They say they’ve restored power, but all that means is they marked it on the map as “energized.” We’ve been “energized” for two days now, but still don’t have power. It’s just gaslighting at this point.

Centerpoint hasn’t been doing tree trimming for years in the neighborhoods . Out of 17years they only trimmed trees from lines in my neighborhood twice. Not only did you let the people of Houston down but your own workers. Now they have to work harder because these trees are tangled up with lines. A lot of it could’ve been prevented..

“People are getting angry maybe” 😭 Great coverage guys keep it up

Still powerless in Galveston.

Still no power in la porte folks we are being fkd with and fkn played

@justkickinit-o9p

24 күн бұрын

None in spring either

@MoonRavenn

24 күн бұрын

No power in parts of Cypress either

@stanhill-yg5zi

24 күн бұрын

@@MoonRavenn just don't make good sense

@siegedoyle

24 күн бұрын

In Spring it's mixed. Just all of louetta and some by 99 but 2920 areas have power but some don't. All the restaurants are open

ANGRY!!! Because..... CenterPoint monopolized the state of Texas. We are at their mercy.

@davidbryant3532

24 күн бұрын

The entire state? You are stupid

Is this the freedom everyone from Texas talks about? The freedom to be overcharged for basic needs in the name of corporate greed. Got to love your power grid being so bad. Better get ready for more outages. With more heatwaves en route.

@sarahsmith1373

24 күн бұрын

Id still rather be in texas than california, or new york, or most other states actually. Yeah, this is a problem for us, but we've toughed it out before, and we're doing it again. We're allowed to complain about things not being done right. If they were doing everything they were supposed to and working hard, we probably wouldn't have said anything. We can handle power outages, other states have bigger issues that we won't ever have. Where are you at? We can compare if you want:)

@StayedZues584

24 күн бұрын

@@sarahsmith1373got that boy on hushmouth 🤣

@itiswhatitis3198

24 күн бұрын

Why are you attacking the citizens of Texas? What a goober.

@davidbryant3532

24 күн бұрын

Idiot

@EatDrinkBeMerry

24 күн бұрын

This is what triggered looks like. Jumping to bash California or New York. You Texans are really going to love your first Dem governor. When the day comes. If Kentucky can Texas can and will. Fellow craphole red state resident here, btw.

All i know is that the people around me have power and i dont 😢

@TheSpicyLeg

25 күн бұрын

Utility only owns and is responsible for the service drop to the meter, or the first pole on the property if the meter is further away. After that, you need what is called an “electrician”.

Criminal investigation and charges against Centerpoint.

LOOKS LIKE U GOT AT LEAST OVER A 100 TRUCKS JUS SITTING THERE DOING PAPER WORK MY A--

Never work for free for these companies

@Dancer-us5fu

25 күн бұрын

Nobody works for free.

@user-lb5zc6uj1n

25 күн бұрын

@@Dancer-us5fu Who decides your worth?

Centerpoint CEO make $38 million a year. Deregulation works great eh?

@rhondacrawford4533

21 күн бұрын

Board members 300k a year Empty your pockets wrong side out. I bet they live in fancy housrs and have a built in generator

Centerpoint has 6.9 billion dollars yet they don't want to pay outside working help. Get these people out of here they don't care about people only their money

Omg, this is unacceptable.

@ramiroperez2461

24 күн бұрын

Go be an electrician then

@kratos-iu9bs

22 күн бұрын

​@@ramiroperez2461Don't really see how that's an option.But i'm pretty sure she'd do a better job than most of those idiots were just sitting in their trucks all day while there's work to be done

Investigate Centerpoint and Ercot!!!

@kratos-iu9bs

22 күн бұрын

Centerpoint is in fact under investigation.But I won't be surprised if they go ahead and blame that on why the power isn't coming on quickly enough

Entergy shows most of my neighborhood in the green, but most still do not have power. Moved our restoration date back another day

We still have power outages almost a week later from a category 1?

@kratos-iu9bs

22 күн бұрын

Honestly how the hell do other states and countries bounce back after 1 or 2 days with Only dealing with debri and collateral damage While facing category 3 and sometimes even 4 storms. But for us we get knocked out just from strong winds and a category 1 hurricane

The other problem is the PUC is appointed by the governor. They should be elected by the citizens of Texas!!!

This guy should be a politician. These clowns at CenterPoint suck who could care less. We have zero choice on the rates they charge, and they only care about their bottom line. All these clowns are sitting in their homes, with generators and could care less about the average person sitting at home, sweating it out. None of these guys should be allowed to have generators, and see how they deal with it.

Public educationing is keeping grammaring from titleing.

@WarFace-lj4kx

25 күн бұрын

Workers

@RevTox

24 күн бұрын

"CenterPoint: No pay disputes are keeping working from restoring power" Yeah, I wasn't sure exactly what these "professional" in the "news" were trying to say. They seem to lie enough for me to not expect much, anyway.

@sarahsmith1373

24 күн бұрын

I had to read it a couple times before I got it lol

Centerpoint provides everything ... BUT ELECTRICITY to customers who've been without it for 5 days or more...

@DarkBadger999

24 күн бұрын

Yes, they provide lies, excuses , high bills for terrible service, and nothing more.

"We understand... from this air conditioned office and trucks"

How Pathetic.

I'm sure the fella they are interviewing has a/c! Maybe that should have been a question they asked him.....

This was a minor storm. There are 4 major storms predicted for this season!

CP is a 19 Billion dollar a year for profit company with a monopoly on the transmission and infrastructure of electricity in Houston granted them years ago. This needs to end now. This was a cat 1. A cat 1. This means if there is a emergency plan and maintenance plan it is not being followed.

That man is the biggest liar i have ever seen. And i have not received one email or text in regards to updates since Wednesday. But he will lose his job after all of this is over. And channel 2 🤢 pacifying the situation. Khou 11 is eating centerpoint alive everytime they interview them.

@mike_w-tw6jd

24 күн бұрын

kprc's owners are more right leaning, politically

Geez, these complaints are only an hour old. I believe the people. Thats too bad. Your govenor is no bueno !!

@sarahsmith1373

24 күн бұрын

The governor is fine.. mostly. Sometimes. Lol. But It's really the power company. We're on our own grid .. that was poorly made and poorly maintained apparently.

Some areas may take months ! My cousin is a lineman and said some areas are expected to not have power until November. They don’t want to let the public know because people will panic.

@davidbryant3532

24 күн бұрын

You are a liar

@juniusharding9222

24 күн бұрын

I sure hope that is not the case, that’ll be disastrous

I need power for my medical equipment. No power since Monday. Beyond ridiculous. Will Centerpoint pay my medical bills because this heat and no power for my equipment. My medicince must be kept cold.😢

Why did he not call for an investigation into Oncor when DFW was hit by that storm a few months ago? We were out of power for six days and many longer! It’s not just Centerpoint it’s all of these big monopolies. I lose power all the time for days. We need a full investigation into the whole shebang.

CP, No. You don't understand.

What is gov.abbot doing to help use all? No . money,no electricity Our food went bad.

This is the face and lies you tell, when your company is being held ransom by hackers.

you live in the south along the gulf coast in July. what did you expect 50 degree temperatures ? what their customers and local politicians should be asking is, how can your infrastructure be so weak that it can not withstand a Cat 1 storm?

The field workers should be already trained! Are you kidding me, training!!

He " hasn't heard" about pay disputes... he didn't say there are no pay disputes.

yea he lying about the disputes of getting paid

We in BAYTOWN a few years ago had to pay for our smart meters. Now years ago, there was a dispute between electric lines and phone lines carrying the internet connections. I guess phone companies won that. But the electricity provider uses their lines to talk to your smart meter. They can turn on your power, turn off your power remotely. A person doesn't need to come to your home to activate your service. And by the same smart meter, the power companies know if you have or don't have electricity. By the way, internet through electric lines, i think is much better than the phone lines. And some states the smart meters were free as a part of service. Republicans up in Austin did that to TEXAS.

Center Point should have checked the aging, weak poles and lines long before. They knew this would eventually happen.

Im not upset its not getting done quicker but they cant give us a reliable time frame and the outage map is garbage.

The guy in the wheel chair got to go. Texas is full of problems because of this guy.

First Ercot now this. Texas wth are you doing. We knew about this storm for over a week

Oh. The best thing is someone graffitied over I10 "Center Pointless" and it's the funniest, most accurate thing of all time.

Profits over infrastructure is the pay dispute.

If ppl power is being rotated do they count that as “restoration”?

If Marvin Zindler were still alive, it would have been restored already!

Yes it's true.Storm duty pays+$23 hr my cousin and his company was told no storm pay.him 23 guys 7 trucks lleft TXs. .

This VP is just blowing smoke 💨

Record profits, no accountability, and complete incompetence. All of their executives should be fired immediately and with no severance packages. Definitely no bonuses this year.

@GB-dw3fo

24 күн бұрын

@@michaelcook6855 If customers are dying because of the heat then there will be class action lawsuits and criminal charges against employees of Centerpoint.

Centerpoint CEO must GO!

Wrong man to be questioning if he doesn’t know facts.

Still no trucks in Spring and same trees on power lines are still there!

My power is still out and so is other’s in my area

How about blaming Abbot for hiring and keeping center point after failed performances?

Number lies again!😂😂

Now, do Houstonians (and Americans in general) have sympathy and empathy towards the 2 million Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza strip???

UNNACEPTABLE in EVERY WAY ! Jason Wells should be investigated and held accountable !

This rain is delaying everything 😫😫

Pretty Sure its The WORKFORCE shortage, NOBODY wants to Be Hanging Off Poles In the TEXAS heat 🥵 SOBER. Allow STONERS that are Responsible Workers to Add To the Work force Of these Types...

@bobcat961

24 күн бұрын

Allow Illegal Aliens to work those poles. Hell, they put roofs on in the heat.

Channel 2...the focus needs to be on timelines and restoration. Not stories about rouge stories of angry people . Ask tough questions like what are you going for the next storm. Why hasn't hardening happened? Why was the map broke since May? People depending on Whataburger app. Software, talent, and money could have a robust app that was accurate. Looks like a 3rd grader is working on the map. A modern map with accurate info is NOT hard. It is 2024.

Something more at play here folks

All they need to is add sensors to their infrastructure so they know EXACTLY where the outages are, instead of cutting EVERYONE'S power off until they manually figure it out. Too much new tech that would make identifying the outage source without huge impacts to customers.

@DarkBadger999

24 күн бұрын

Yes new tech like underground transmission lines as well. Then the trees will have a harder time knocking out power when they fall due to no maintenance.

These anchors went so easy on him

OH Not good. Where is our governor and what can he do?

@rarobinson9563

25 күн бұрын

And where is ted cruz? Did he slither to Cancun again?

@ar4122

25 күн бұрын

Oh yeah....he took off

@NDB469

25 күн бұрын

What would the governor do?

@mike_w-tw6jd

24 күн бұрын

he doesnt want to come back

When r we going to get TESLA free energy?

They are cutting my power on and off wth is going on

There’s 0% chance that map shows 80%+ a restoration time. Ask them why the energized and restoration date pending review colors are so similar?

You can’t sit in a office with AC, or sit in a truck with AC and say “ we completely understand “ Come try and stay at my house with no lights, no gas , no food, mosquitos , and high summer temperatures all these days, then you can say you understand

Idk man everytime i got an out of town job i had a choice weather or not to take it..the jobs always made me pay for my room and meals but i got my predem..

The traffic lights here come and go also so the hell we don't have power in this area already??

This is the responsibility of GREGG ABBOTT AND MR PATRICK!!! THIER POWER IS GOOD, THIER PENSIONS AND VACATIONS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN AMERICANS LIVES!

Next time I'm living next door to either a hospital or a big shot politician. Hospitals are critical infrastructure and their circuits get spun up FAST. As for politicians.....well, you know, right??? County Judge Lena Hidalgo and Mayor Whitmire have power to i bet

We pay a ton of money for electricity so they need to use some of their crazy profit on maintenence and preparedness.

We are set up to fail

You mean the company with total control and a history of refusal of proactive maintenance instead only does retroactive corrections won't pay!? Oh I am so "shocked"

He's lying...using qualifying phrases like "I have not seen".... and "I have not heard." Lying right into the camera. Bold.

Blah Blah Please stop the nonsense people are suffering those power points notes and generic empathy we don't need now all we want is our power back Please ...Centerpointless ..incompetence just pathetic

Its a horrific disaster pl, been in hurricanes, no elec water 2 weeks, they don't have magic wands..