CenterPoint Energy CEO testifies before Texas committee on Hurricane Beryl response

As scrutiny and accountability remain at the forefront against CenterPoint Energy, the energy giant’s CEO testified before a special senate committee in Austin Monday morning for its response to Hurricane Beryl.

[mr.superniceguy]

The Centerpoint Energy track did not go down becuae it was overwhelmed. IT hasn't worked since LAST YEAR.

[drjamalsyed]

We are first world...and we still lack underground electric cables..shame..
Almost the whole of Middle East has an underground system..

[BobbyBriggs-yi]

Unreal. We need to hold these CEO's and leadership boards accountable. This guy needs to be fired.

[BrianJohnson-dupj]

Lawmakers care until that check clears!

[jake]

He needs to step down, it’s inexcusable.

[felipecastilho]

Inground lines and trim trees through out year mister ceo??? I am a genious 😂😂😂

[mr.superniceguy]

The PUC and ERCOT should NOT have employees APPOINTED by the Texas legislature.

[philliphall]

It’s a fact that nothing will change 😢😢😢

[miken]

Waste of time, Senators voice complaints and CenterPoint apologizes. There are no details to identify & fix problems, how long does it take to identify line problems, how many poles broke, how many lines down from trees, how many transformers blew up, how long to replace a pole, what was the strategy for spreading workforce, where were access problems, where/who are priority customers, was there an Operational Command Center to allocate resources. Don't expect a CEO to know details, not his area of expertise but he should have brought someone that did know.

[vickiestahlberg]

Don’t blame the workers for management corruption ….

[grcfrank]

The true issue in the matter of Centerpoint failures is an intergration of several commissions to run various different industries. If, Texas isn’t show ponying their intervention of segregating railroad and energy into a two separate accountable industry’s could rectify this and other disastrous problem.

[EatDrinkBeMerry]

Texas gets the electric utility it deserves

[concernedcitizen]

Jason Wells, the CEO of PG&E during that fled to centerpoint after the start of the man slaughter case against PG&E.

[pgarciaAP]

And he may not get his million dollar salary and millions in bonus as Houstonians will pay for this catastrophe too.

[timmyhuynh]

Center point paid for the foods damage for their customers

[_winston_smith_]

I keep hearing the word "accountability" yet nothing has happened to those responsible. How many people have been fired? How many people are being prosecuted for public endangerment?