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Our crews are onboard -- they actively overcome challenging conditions, including high water. Today, they are cutting through vegetation to access a downed power line in Lake Jackson and bring back power to our customers.

Replacing an electric pole is no easy task. Our crews are out replacing damaged poles all across our service area. We continue working to turn the power on for our affected customers and appreciate your patience.

Today, crews repaired damages in Freeport caused by Hurricane Beryl as part of our restoration efforts.

We made progress overnight but there is still more work to be done. Crews - including the mutual assistance support - are rolling out across the city to continue the work of getting power back on to the remaining impacted customers.

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We’ve secured nearly 12,000 frontline workers from as far away as California, Ohio and West Virginia to support our restoration efforts. Crews are focused on a safe restoration to impacted customers.

Day crews were off early this morning relieving those who worked through the night. Mutual assistance resources, including lineworkers and vegetation management crews, staged throughout our electric service area are responding to damages caused by #HurricaneBeryl.

Beryl damaged electric infrastructure throughout our service area. Today, crews continued to work in Northwest Houston where several neighborhoods are impacted by storm damage.

Beryl’s hurricane force winds toppled power poles in Galveston, as seen here on the west end of the island. Repairs continue to restore power to impacted customers.

Since Beryl exited the Houston area, our crews have been working up to 16-hour shifts to bring back power. Our CEO, Jason Wells, gives us an overview of our restoration efforts and how we continue to work dilligently to bring back power.

If you receive a notification that your electric service was restored but you’re still without power, you may be included in a “nested outage.” Watch our video to learn what that means.

For safety reasons, our crews pause their work when there is lightning. Today's storm has not caused a significant impact on our restoration. Following the storm, we resumed our restoration activities.

Yesterday, mutual assistance crews worked in Channelview repairing damage from Hurricane Beryl. Work continues to restore service to impacted customers.

Our employees strive to provide for you and your families as quickly and as safely as we can. We appreciate your patience.

Staging sites serve as a central location for large restoration events which require coordination and collaboration among several groups. Here’s a birds’ eye view of a day of activities at one of the 18 sites we have set up across our electric service area.

Here is a closer look at one of the 1,000 stronger, more storm-resilient poles we’re installing across the Greater Houston area as part of our commitment to become the most resilient coastal utility in the country.

A mutual assistance worker talks about restoration efforts in Kingwood after Hurricane Beryl.

#Houston: We’ve restored more than 400,000 customers since Thursday but our work isn’t done. Crews, contractors and mutual assistance resources continue restoration efforts across our service area as seen in this video from Northwest Houston.

Thursday's storms in the #Houston-area knocked down many branches and trees, such as what we see here in the Spring Branch area. #hounews

Our CEO Jason Wells and Operations Manager Ernie, who has been employed with us for more than 43 years, visit a job site where crews are replacing a power line running across Buffalo Bayou.

Here is an aerial view of work done today in a Spring neighborhood. Our work continues to restore power to the area.

Huge thank you to Power Pros, 3S Services, AMPP Construction, Nashville Electric Service and MDR Powerline Construction for helping us in our time of need. Pictured here, Anthony, a Senior Specialist of Quality Management, helps coordinate field efforts.