Texas Energy company Centerpoint Energy Inc. said Tuesday that nearly 400,000 homes and businesses in its Houston-area service area were without electricity as tropical storms hit Nicholas soaks up the city.
It represents approximately 17% of Centerpoint’s electricity customers. houston Area.
According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, Nichols was currently located about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south-southwest of Houston and could cause deadly flooding in the Deep South during the next few days.
Other utilities in Texas reported far fewer outages, counting nearly 60,000 customers without power.
Separately, the South Texas nuclear plant near the Texas coast, about 90 miles south of Houston, continued to operate at full power Tuesday morning, according to US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
STP Nuclear Operating Company, which operates the South Texas nuclear plant, said late Monday that based on weather forecast at the time, the company “plans to operate through this tropical storm without power cuts or shutdowns.” made.”
All four liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants operating along the Gulf of Mexico, meanwhile, remained in service according to pipeline feedgas data as of early Tuesday. Refinitiv.
three plants, Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Corpus Christi in Texas and Sabine Pass In Louisiana and Freeport LNG’s at Freeport in Texas, all planned to take in more gas on Tuesday than Monday, and all had onboard facilities.
Cameron LNG’s Cameron plant in Louisiana was expected to take in the same amount of gas on Tuesday as it did on Monday and there were no vessels at the facility, according to Refinitiv data.
It represents approximately 17% of Centerpoint’s electricity customers. houston Area.
According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, Nichols was currently located about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south-southwest of Houston and could cause deadly flooding in the Deep South during the next few days.
Other utilities in Texas reported far fewer outages, counting nearly 60,000 customers without power.
Separately, the South Texas nuclear plant near the Texas coast, about 90 miles south of Houston, continued to operate at full power Tuesday morning, according to US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
STP Nuclear Operating Company, which operates the South Texas nuclear plant, said late Monday that based on weather forecast at the time, the company “plans to operate through this tropical storm without power cuts or shutdowns.” made.”
All four liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants operating along the Gulf of Mexico, meanwhile, remained in service according to pipeline feedgas data as of early Tuesday. Refinitiv.
three plants, Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Corpus Christi in Texas and Sabine Pass In Louisiana and Freeport LNG’s at Freeport in Texas, all planned to take in more gas on Tuesday than Monday, and all had onboard facilities.
Cameron LNG’s Cameron plant in Louisiana was expected to take in the same amount of gas on Tuesday as it did on Monday and there were no vessels at the facility, according to Refinitiv data.
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