CenterPoint Energy Announces A Comprehensive Suite of New Actions Of Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative To Strengthen The Electric Grid Across The Region; Beyond Near-Term Actions Of GHRI Phase Two, Co Will Refile Its Long-Term Resiliency Plan With PUCT On Or Before January 31, 2025; Co Will Also Propose Investing At Least $5B From 2026-2028
Longer-Term Commitment to Resiliency and Investment
Beyond the near-term actions of GHRI Phase Two, CenterPoint will refile its long-term resiliency plan with the PUCT on or before January 31, 2025. The goal of the long-term resiliency plan is to mitigate a broad spectrum of risks that threaten its system by hardening key aspects of the infrastructure, enhancing the security of the grid and building a smarter grid that can combat extreme weather, major storms and hurricanes to reduce the impact of outages experienced by its customers and mitigate wildfire risk.
As part of the long-term plan, CenterPoint will also propose investing at least $5 billion from 2026 to 2028 – the largest investment in Greater Houston infrastructure in the company's nearly 160-year history. The at least $5 billion is part of CenterPoint's new capital investment plan that includes more than $21 billion in total capital investment in its Texas electric and gas systems from 2025 through 2030, exceeding its current plan.