Scheduled upgrade work by Centerpoint Energy resulted in an outage for about 30,000 customers Tuesday after workers encountered an equipment issue.
As of 11 a.m., the number of those without power was about 4,500.
“This outage lasted less than an hour for most customers and crews continued safely repairing and restoring customers as quickly as possible,” Centerpoint officials said in a statement to the Chronicle.
Most of the outages were located in northern Harris County in the Spring, Klein and Tomball areas, according to Centerpoint’s website.
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In Tomball, Concordia Lutheran High School canceled classes for the day due to the outage.
“This decision was made in the best interests of the safety of all members of our community. We will be facilitating student pick up for students currently on campus and will remain with any students until they are able to be picked up this morning,” the school posted to Facebook.
Three elementary schools and one middle school were out of power around 7:15 a.m., Klein ISD’s executive director of communications, Justin Elbert said. The outages lasted from 50 to nearly 90 minutes at different campuses. Elbert said the district worked with CenterPoint Energy to “expedite restoration.”
The city of Tomball said in a Facebook post that power had been restored in the area around 9 a.m., and all city facilities, including police dispatch, Tomball fire stations, administrative offices and the community center had returned to normal operations.
In Montgomery County, about 250 customers were without power, according to Entergy’s outage map.
Residents in the Houston region woke to a mostly cloudy sky with temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s, according to Newsroom Meteorologist Mary Wasson. A ridge of high pressure will take over with clouds decreasing through the day and temperatures climbing into the low 50s, which is about 15 degrees below the average of 68 degrees.
Ashley Soebroto contributed to this report.
This article originally published at CenterPoint power outage affects 30,000 in Houston area after upgrade issue, company says.
