CenterPoint CEO grilled by Texas Senate committee over Hurricane Beryl failures [Video]

AUSTIN, Texas – Lawmakers grilled electricity providers about the preparations and response to Hurricane Beryl hitting the Houston area earlier this month.

Members of a special senate committee expressed frustration about multiple failures CenterPoint made during the hurricane, including not having an accurate outage map and response time data.

The state senators began their fact-finding by talking to the Director of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, Nim Kidd, and Thomas Gleeson, the chairman of the Public Utility Commission.

That was followed by the CEOs of CenterPoint and Entergy, along with the president of American Electric Power Texas.

Nearly three million people lost power in the Houston area after the category one hurricane made landfall.

Officials say dozens of people died due to heat complications from losing power.

Questions on Monday ranged from ineffective leadership, lack of seriousness in preparation, communication failures, poor planning, disorganized operations and the failure to manage vegetation.

Lawmakers did not hold back.

“Your communications …