A local energy expert, meanwhile, says other factors also contributed to relatively few power outages as snow blanketed the region on Tuesday and temperatures plunged into the teens early Wednesday morning.

Facing their first major test since Hurricane Beryl, officials with CenterPoint Energy on Monday expressed optimism about preparations across southeast Texas in advance of the potentially historic Winter Storm Enzo.

CenterPoint Energy activated its Emergency Operations Center this afternoon in advance of Winter Storm Enzo's arrival to be prepared to manage its response and restoration efforts. The company is coordinating with state and local emergency partners as it prepares to respond to the potential winter impacts on the Greater Houston area.

The company is expecting 1,200 additional mutual aid workers to arrive Monday, doubling its response workforce.

They added that a customer's outage status may not change, as it will update once new restoration information is ava

To the relief of many Houstonians still traumatized by the mass outages of 2021, Tuesday’s historic snowfall has had minimal impact on the region’s power grid so far. CenterPoint Energy, the primary electricity distribution utility for the Houston area,

With the winter storm affecting the Houston area, power is a concern that many residents have after the winter storm that affected the area in 2021.