Houston Utility Slammed Over Fumbled Response to Beryl Power Outages

(Bloomberg) — Thousands of people in the Houston area were still without power more than a week after Hurricane Beryl tore through the fourth-largest US city. Two factors are now emerging as important explanations for why the powerful but predictable storm caused so much disruption: a shortage of workers at CenterPoint Energy Inc., Houston's main utility, and the company's limited management of vegetation growing alongside electricity poles and power lines. Read More