CenterPoint Energy acts on customer and community feedback and launches new Community Progress Tracker map providing local views of resiliency grid upgrades and improvements across Greater Houston
Rhea-AI Summary
CenterPoint Energy (CNP) launched a Community Progress Tracker on Feb 11, 2026, showing local grid upgrades across its 12-county Greater Houston area. The map visualizes work completed since Aug 1, 2024, including 56,000+ poles, 430+ miles undergrounded, 8,000+ miles of tree trimming, 500+ automation devices, and 1,500 weather stations.
The tool is searchable by address or ZIP, mobile-friendly, and will add planned-project views in future updates to track ongoing resiliency investments.
Positive
- Installed or replaced 56,000+ utility poles since Aug 1, 2024
- Undergrounded 430+ miles of power lines to reduce storm exposure
- Trimmed or cleared vegetation along 8,000+ miles of distribution lines
- Installed 500+ automation and intelligence devices to aid restorations
- Deployed 1,500 advanced weather stations since April 2025
- Public, address-searchable Community Progress Tracker increases transparency
Negative
- None.
News Market Reaction – CNP
In the Feb 11 session, CNP gained 0.20%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Key Figures
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 09 | Supply agreement | Positive | +0.5% | Long-term supply deal to support Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative infrastructure. |
| Jan 25 | Storm performance update | Positive | +1.6% | Winter storm update showing >99% customers maintained power and restored outages. |
| Jan 23 | Storm prep actions | Neutral | -0.2% | Emergency Operations Center activation and 3,300-person workforce for winter weather. |
| Jan 22 | Storm comms update | Neutral | -0.2% | Expanded workforce and customer communications ahead of forecasted winter system. |
| Jan 21 | Emergency prep scaling | Positive | -1.7% | Securing ~600 extra frontline workers and resource staging before winter storm. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Operational and resiliency updates often saw mixed reactions, with some positive moves but several pullbacks despite proactive storm-preparation communications.
Recent news for CenterPoint has focused on grid resiliency and storm preparation. Since Jan 21, 2026, the company repeatedly highlighted expanded emergency workforces, staging sites, CNG truck positioning and substation inspections ahead of winter weather. On Feb 9, 2026, a long-term supply agreement supported the Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative. Today’s launch of the Community Progress Tracker continues this theme by giving customers a localized view of GHRI infrastructure upgrades and resiliency efforts across Greater Houston.
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Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative improvements delivered since August 2024 are available and visible in one online location
New tool allows customers in 12-county area to view more than 56,000 new storm resilient poles, more than 8,000 miles of tree-trimming and more than 500 new automation and intelligence devices delivered since August 1, 2024
The new Community Progress Tracker is part of CenterPoint's broader Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI) – a multi-year program to strengthen the electric grid and improve both reliability and resiliency in the face of increasingly severe weather events, while also improving customer communications. Through GHRI, CenterPoint is investing in a wide range of grid-hardening measures designed to reduce outage impacts and accelerate customer outage restoration.
"Our new Community Progress Tracker gives our customers a clear window into the work we're doing in their local neighborhoods to improve their service and build a stronger and more resilient electric system," said Tony Gardner, Chief Customer Officer at CenterPoint. "Whether they access it on their phones, tablets, laptops or desktops, our new tracker details all the different types of work we are doing and the critical upgrades we've made in their communities."
Community Progress Tracker details
The new tool provides location-specific details on work completed to date as part of GHRI. This includes new more storm-resilient poles and equipment, undergrounded power lines, enhanced vegetation management, and advanced grid technologies, including automation devices that reduce the impact of outages. All these different scopes of GHRI upgrades are noted on the new tracker using colorful and easy-to-identify icons.
While today the tracker visualizes all the upgrades and improvements that CenterPoint has delivered over the last 18 months, it will continue to evolve, and future features will soon allow customers to monitor projects underway and upcoming planned resiliency projects in their area. These future improvements will allow customers and the public to follow progress in given areas and better understand how these efforts contribute to a more reliable and resilient energy future.
Accessible via both desktop and mobile devices, the new Community Progress Tracker includes:
- An interactive map of CenterPoint's 12-county
Greater Houston service area - Colorful and easy-to-view icons for locations of new poles, tree-trimming miles, automation devices, undergrounding, and weather stations
- Zoom in and out functions
- Searchability by street address or ZIP Code
- Community and neighborhood-level visualization of work completed since August 1, 2024, including pole and equipment upgrades, tree trimming, undergrounding power lines and the installation of automation devices
GHRI Progress update
"Resiliency is at the heart of everything we're doing," added Jesus Soto Jr., Chief Operating Officer at CenterPoint. "From stronger poles and new automation to undergrounding to tree trimming, we're taking a comprehensive and innovative approach to hardening our infrastructure and delivering
Since August 2024, as part of GHRI, CenterPoint has:
- Installed or replaced more than 56,000 utility poles, including high-strength composite models engineered to better withstand extreme wind conditions;
- Undergrounded more than 430 miles of power lines to reduce exposure to storm-related damage;
- Trimmed or cleared vegetation along more than 8,000 miles of distribution lines in higher-risk areas;
- Installed more than 500 automation and intelligence devices to help reduce outage impacts and improve service restoration times; and
- Deployed 1,500 advanced weather stations since April 2025 to enhance situational awareness and storm preparedness.
How to access
To explore the Community Progress Tracker, visit CenterPointEnergy.com/Progress. A short "how-to" video is also available to help customers navigate the tool can be found here: LINK
About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving approximately 7 million metered customers across
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