Prior to the storm, CenterPoint filed a System Resiliency Plan on April 29 with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to start projects that will strengthen Houston’s electric grid. The $2.7 billion investment will assist with system hardening and modernization, flood mitigation, vegetation management, wildfire mitigation, physical security and infrastructure technology.
President Trump visits Hill Country flood sites amid criticism of emergency response
Before heading to Texas July 11, the president expanded a federal disaster declaration for the floods, making residents of eight