On April 28, CenterPoint Energy announced that, as part of the Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI) and its actions to prepare for the 2025 hurricane season, the company has begun installing the first wave of weather monitoring stations to enhance situational awareness during severe weather events. The implementation of this groundbreaking weather network is a historic moment for Texas, as CenterPoint is the only Texas-based investor-owned utility in the state and the first to establish its own weather station network.
Once completed by June 1, CenterPoint’s network of 100 weather stations will provide detailed, real-time weather data from all 12 counties in the company’s Greater Houston area electric service territory. This data will enable CenterPoint and local emergency partners to better forecast severe weather; more precisely distribute resources in key areas; take faster action to prepare for and respond to potential impacts to the electric system; and better serve customers before, during and after weather events.
“This is a historic moment for CenterPoint and Texas that will help improve our emergency response as we prepare for the upcoming 2025 hurricane season and beyond,” said Matt Lanza, CenterPoint’s Meteorology Manager and Emergency Preparedness and Response team member, “Our weather network will provide invaluable situational awareness, in real-time, to help us act quickly, proactively and precisely before weather threatens to impact the electrical system and our customers. Best of all, we will be able to share this vital information with all our emergency partners, state and local governments, and the public, so that everyone across our communities can be better prepared.”
Important weather station facts and locations
Over 100 weather monitoring stations will be installed over the next month, before the Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1. The weather monitoring stations will be installed in strategic locations on existing electrical infrastructure across CenterPoint’s 12-county Greater Houston area electric service territory. The devices will take measurements every 2-5 minutes, including humidity levels, wind speed, temperature and rainfall.
