First CenterPoint Energy Resiliency Technology Summit showcases innovative new tools to help improve hurricane preparedness and response
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) hosted its first Technology Summit, partnering with seven global tech leaders to enhance its hurricane preparedness and emergency response capabilities. The summit showcased advanced technologies and AI tools aimed at building the most resilient coastal grid for its 2.8 million customers.
The company has completed key improvements through its Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI), including installation of 26,000+ storm-resilient poles, 5,150+ automation devices, clearing of 6,000+ miles of vegetation, and undergrounding 400+ miles of power lines. The initiative also includes partnerships with companies like Climavision, Palantir, and others to enhance weather monitoring, system upgrades, and emergency communications.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) ha organizzato il suo primo Technology Summit, collaborando con sette leader tecnologici globali per migliorare la preparazione agli uragani e le capacità di risposta alle emergenze. Il summit ha presentato tecnologie avanzate e strumenti di intelligenza artificiale volti a costruire la rete costiera più resiliente per i suoi 2,8 milioni di clienti.
L'azienda ha completato importanti miglioramenti attraverso la sua Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI), tra cui l'installazione di oltre 26.000 pali resistenti alle tempeste, più di 5.150 dispositivi di automazione, la pulizia di oltre 6.000 miglia di vegetazione e l'interramento di oltre 400 miglia di linee elettriche. L'iniziativa prevede anche collaborazioni con aziende come Climavision, Palantir e altre per migliorare il monitoraggio meteorologico, gli aggiornamenti del sistema e le comunicazioni di emergenza.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) organizó su primera Cumbre Tecnológica, asociándose con siete líderes tecnológicos globales para mejorar su preparación ante huracanes y capacidades de respuesta ante emergencias. La cumbre mostró tecnologías avanzadas y herramientas de inteligencia artificial destinadas a construir la red costera más resistente para sus 2,8 millones de clientes.
La empresa ha completado mejoras clave a través de su Iniciativa de Resiliencia del Gran Houston (GHRI), incluyendo la instalación de más de 26,000 postes resistentes a tormentas, más de 5,150 dispositivos de automatización, la limpieza de más de 6,000 millas de vegetación y el soterramiento de más de 400 millas de líneas eléctricas. La iniciativa también incluye asociaciones con empresas como Climavision, Palantir y otras para mejorar el monitoreo meteorológico, las actualizaciones del sistema y las comunicaciones de emergencia.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP)는 7개의 글로벌 기술 리더들과 협력하여 허리케인 대비 및 비상 대응 역량을 강화하기 위한 첫 번째 기술 정상 회의를 개최했습니다. 이 정상 회의에서는 280만 고객을 위한 가장 견고한 해안 전력망 구축을 목표로 하는 첨단 기술과 AI 도구들이 소개되었습니다.
회사는 Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative(GHRI)를 통해 26,000개 이상의 폭풍 저항 기둥, 5,150개 이상의 자동화 장치 설치, 6,000마일 이상의 식생 제거, 그리고 400마일 이상의 전력선 지중화 등 주요 개선 작업을 완료했습니다. 이 이니셔티브는 또한 Climavision, Palantir 등과의 협력을 포함하여 기상 모니터링, 시스템 업그레이드 및 비상 통신을 강화하고 있습니다.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) a organisé son premier Technology Summit, en partenariat avec sept leaders technologiques mondiaux pour renforcer sa préparation aux ouragans et ses capacités de réponse d'urgence. Le sommet a présenté des technologies avancées et des outils d'IA visant à construire le réseau côtier le plus résilient pour ses 2,8 millions de clients.
L'entreprise a réalisé des améliorations clés dans le cadre de sa Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI), notamment l'installation de plus de 26 000 poteaux résistants aux tempêtes, plus de 5 150 dispositifs d'automatisation, le dégagement de plus de 6 000 miles de végétation, et l'enfouissement de plus de 400 miles de lignes électriques. L'initiative inclut également des partenariats avec des entreprises telles que Climavision, Palantir et d'autres pour améliorer la surveillance météorologique, les mises à niveau du système et les communications d'urgence.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) veranstaltete seinen ersten Technology Summit und arbeitete dabei mit sieben globalen Technologieführern zusammen, um die Hurrikan-Vorbereitung und Notfallreaktionsfähigkeiten zu verbessern. Der Gipfel präsentierte fortschrittliche Technologien und KI-Tools, die darauf abzielen, das widerstandsfähigste Küstennetz für seine 2,8 Millionen Kunden aufzubauen.
Das Unternehmen hat im Rahmen seiner Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI) wichtige Verbesserungen abgeschlossen, darunter die Installation von über 26.000 sturmresistenten Masten, mehr als 5.150 Automatisierungsgeräten, die Räumung von über 6.000 Meilen Vegetation und die Verlegung von über 400 Meilen Stromleitungen unter die Erde. Die Initiative umfasst auch Partnerschaften mit Unternehmen wie Climavision, Palantir und anderen zur Verbesserung der Wetterüberwachung, Systemupgrades und Notfallkommunikation.
- Completed multiple infrastructure improvements ahead of hurricane season, including 26,000+ storm-resilient poles and 5,150+ automation devices
- Strategic partnerships with seven global tech leaders to enhance grid resilience and emergency response
- Implementation of advanced AI and machine learning tools for better weather monitoring and risk detection
- Comprehensive system upgrades including 400+ miles of undergrounded power lines and 100+ weather stations
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Global technology leaders share best practices and demonstrate advanced technologies and AI tools being used to enhance storm preparedness and emergency response
"We are committed to working with the best and brightest to achieve our goal of building and operating the most resilient coastal grid in the country. These global leaders are enabling CenterPoint to leverage the latest innovations in AI, machine learning and other areas to help
Advanced Technologies: Strengthening Resiliency and Emergency Readiness
During the 2025 Technology Summit, representatives of CenterPoint and global tech leaders engaged with elected officials, local emergency managers and community leaders to demonstrate how these advanced technologies will enhance CenterPoint's efforts to prepare for extreme weather events, including in four key areas:
- Targeting critical system upgrades: Working with Neara and Technosylva , CenterPoint is enhancing how it plans and executes targeted resiliency actions to strengthen the system against extreme weather.
- Improving situational awareness and storm preparedness: Climavision and Pano AI are helping CenterPoint improve real-time weather monitoring, AI forecasting and risk detection – enabling CenterPoint to more effectively predict and monitor weather risks to
Houston's energy infrastructure. - Keeping customers better informed: CenterPoint is using critical tools from Convey to modernize communication operations and efficiently manage interactions, strengthening the company's ability to deliver real-time emergency communications to millions of customers.
- Strengthening emergency response: Technologies from Palantir and Urbint are helping CenterPoint connect data across its assets to respond to storms more effectively and enhancing onboarding and deployment of mutual assistance crews in an emergency.
Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative: Key Actions and Improvements
CenterPoint's strategic technology relationships are the latest part of a broader series of actions to improve resiliency, communication and partnerships through the Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI), launched in August 2024. Over the first two phases of GHRI, which were completed ahead of schedule and before the start of hurricane season on June 1, CenterPoint took the following actions:
- Installed 26,000+ stronger, storm-resilient poles to withstand extreme winds;
- Added 5,150+ automation devices to improve restoration times;
- Cleared 6,000+ miles of higher-risk vegetation to reduce storm-related outages;
- Undergrounded 400+ miles of power lines to improve overall resiliency;
- Installed 100+ weather stations across our service territory to improve situational awareness and storm preparation;
- Donated 21 backup generators to critical facilities across the company's 12-county service area; and
- Launched a new and improved, cloud-based Outage Tracker to provide real-time updates on outages and restoration efforts in English and Spanish.
The company will continue working throughout the 2025 hurricane season to further strengthen resiliency and address potential system impacts from storms and extreme weather. For more information and updates on GHRI, visit CenterPointEnergy.com/TakingAction .
Media Contact: Media.Relations@CenterPointEnergy.com
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
About Climavision
Climavision brings together the power of a proprietary, high resolution supplemental weather radar network with its cutting-edge Horizon AI forecasting technology suite to close significant weather observation gaps and drastically improve forecast speed and accuracy. Climavision's revolutionary approach to climate technology is poised to help reduce the economic risks of volatile weather on companies, governments, and communities alike. Climavision is backed by The Rise Fund, the world's largest global impact platform committed to achieving measurable, positive social and environmental outcomes alongside competitive financial returns. The company is headquartered in
About Convey
Convey delivers intelligent customer workflows that humanize connections in regulated environments. Formerly Message Broadcast, Convey transforms compliance requirements into streamlined experiences through purpose-built solutions that deliver measurable impact for utilities and essential service providers. Our platform helps organizations modernize operations and set new engagement standards while efficiently managing millions of interactions. Reimagine the customer journey at goconvey.com.
About Neara
Neara is a physics-enabled digital twin that eclipses traditional visualization capabilities to deliver a geometrically accurate 3D spatial model of entire infrastructure networks. The model applies detailed individual asset-level analysis to entire integrated infrastructure, providing a context-rich representation of how assets actually behave and react in the physical world in any scenario. Neara connects the granular perspective engineers need to maintain a safe and structurally sound grid system with the network-wide view business leaders need to improve outcomes with effective network investments via high-velocity, automated analysis. With Neara, asset owners upgrade daily reality from reacting to dozens of problems in a context vacuum to proactively identifying exactly where and how to allocate capital for maximum community benefit through an integrated lens. Neara has modeled more than 2 million miles of infrastructure across four continents, enabling customers to save millions each year while improving resiliency and reliability, and transforming processes that once took years into outcomes delivered in hours. More information is available at www.neara.com.
About Palantir
Palantir partners with utilities to modernize the grid, mitigate risk, improve safety, and adapt to changing demand and production patterns. Utilities have a complex data ecosystem that is often challenging to leverage, but we've helped partners optimize their operations at speed and meet complex challenges with data-driven decisions. Today, leading organizations use Palantir software to power critical decisions and operationalize AI. Workflows help address load management optimization, grid upgrades, emergency prevention and response, procurement bottlenecks, and more.
About Pano AI
Pano AI is the leader in AI-powered wildfire detection. Launched in 2020, the company provides advanced early detection and situational awareness solutions to fire agencies, utilities, governments, and private landholders to help protect people, property, and infrastructure from catastrophic wildfires. With deployments across the
About Technosylva
Technosylva is the leading provider of wildfire and extreme weather modeling, risk mitigation, and operational response software. Technosylva's market-leading solutions, enhanced by AI and machine learning capabilities, provide real-time and predictive insights into developing wildfire and extreme weather risks to support electric utility, insurance, and government agency customers. Founded in 1997, Technosylva has offices in
About Urbint
Urbint is the world leader in operational resilience for energy and utilities. Urbint's solutions use Artificial Intelligence and the latest industry science to predict and manage emergencies, protect assets and keep people safe. Urbint's suite features three end-to-end solutions: 1) Worker Safety, which provides digital job safety briefs and energy-based observation workflows to reduce exposure at the point of work; 2) Damage Prevention, which manages and risk-profiles 811 tickets to help prevent third-party damages to underground assets; and 3) Emergency Preparedness & Response, which connects the entire natural disaster lifecycle to predict impact and increase a utility's response to reduce customer downtime. The largest energy and infrastructure companies trust Urbint to protect workers, assets, communities, and the environment. Learn more at urbint.com.
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