Over 800,000 Customers in Texas Are Without Electricity After Severe Storms

The state’s grid operator warned about a possible electricity emergency between Friday and Saturday.

Rapper Trae tha Truth, in yellow, cuts fallen tree limbs on top of a car in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm that passed through downtown, in Houston on May 16, 2024. David J. Phillip/AP Photo

More than 800,000 Texas customers of electric utility service CenterPoint Energy are currently without electricity due to severe storms in the Houston region, with the company asking people to prepare for “extended weather-related power outages.”

“A fast-moving but severe weather system has caused widespread power outages across the service area,” CenterPoint Energy said in a May 17 X post.