Need to break up centerpoints monopoly. Create three or four companies so there will be competition.
@pattiwhite95755 ай бұрын
I agree. Competition create a better work standard. And with an area as large as Houston it needs to be divided up. Also the county must force owners to maintain trees on their property so lines are not taken out due to storms.
@marilynclarke60925 ай бұрын
Exactly! I'm from Michigan and there, are more companies so that people there does have an opportunity to choose which will fit their needs and pocketbooks as well.
@willbass28695 ай бұрын
Some entities are just "natural monopolies". It's a known economic phenomenon. Power generation & transmission are 2 well known examples. Can you imagine 4 or 5 or 6 different companies owning the poles, wires and substations in a small area??? If you've ever been to a 3rd world country you can see a rats nest of wires nailed (YES, NAILED) to poles in neighborhoods (talking about you Pakistan!)
@TheDisasterblaster5 ай бұрын
He never denied anything about pay disputes he danced around it by saying he hasn't "heard" anything about that. Meaning he is just leaving the possibility he can come back later and say well at the time I didn't know. He knows ..what a trash company we are stuck with in centerpoint
@zatronbuck86335 ай бұрын
Yes!!! I was looking at how many trees should never been allowed to grow near powerlines.@@pattiwhite9575
@Screwstone713HTX5 ай бұрын
Centerpoint is lying my friend came to work out of town and he said that they don’t want to pay fairly and the request of workers
@sharont15 ай бұрын
Sounds like a lie to make a point. Who goes to work and don't know what their pay will be?
@JC_wonderland5 ай бұрын
@@sharont1exactly, this is how stupid people are they get the news from Facebook, and then you got idiots like this who didn’t develop past 5th grade, like “like oH YeAhG i KnOw a GuY” sure you do buddy
@MK679345 ай бұрын
He is a liar, I know of some out state linemen are sleeping in their trucks so how is that providing lodging
@JC_wonderland5 ай бұрын
So who are they and who do they work for?
@judyjudy1585 ай бұрын
How has this man not heard of these (lodging/pay issues?! He's on this interview to speak on it. Often, preintervew questions are shared. And why didn't the newscasters press him on it?! They just let him slip by with that flimsy response?! Not impressed with the 3 of them right now, and I'm usually Ch 2 News fans.
@projectponderer5 ай бұрын
I've heard from friends the first 24 hours there.They had to sleep in their trucks. No work orders for 36 hours after being there. Many trucks just sitting. Hardly anyone getting training. Basically it was poor planning.
@rhondacrawford45335 ай бұрын
BS he's a liar.
@dazesalaz68795 ай бұрын
Who are we going to believe? The wifes of the linemen telling these stories of the pay disputes? Or the centerpoint spokesperson? 🤔
@williamwilson64995 ай бұрын
Wives.
@AJXOXO-vz1pn5 ай бұрын
This is a major national disaster and CENTERPOINT is lying about the outage numbers. The outage map has inaccuracies. I know because my area isn’t shaded properly as being down. And I’ve seen the news reported from other Houstonians with that issue, This is dangerous because it doesn’t get Houston all of the extra outside help that we need. There are more outages than these people are admitting!
@williambrucesanders68785 ай бұрын
Southwest Houston still nothing
@POTTA7135 ай бұрын
Northside nothing no power
@henrynguyen34055 ай бұрын
Centerpoint claims there adding finish times on the map for your neighborhoods but so far still nothing.
@yourdadsotherfamily35305 ай бұрын
@@williambrucesanders6878yep bellaire still nothing. Edited: they texted me two times the 11th yesterday saying “your power has been restored” but literally no one in the neighborhood has power unless they are generator ready running off grid.
@yourdadsotherfamily35305 ай бұрын
Texas Public Utility Commission: (Google the number) PUC won't be much help with this outage, except that it puts your complaint into the public record. Be sure to state that your complaint is not that you don't have power, but rather Centerpoint continuously fails to provide the infrastructure and resources needed to communicate with the public. They refuse to build a basic website that can communicate with their customers in the middle of an outage. They don't provide enough call center people to take phone calls, they don't disseminate basic information to employees to pass on to customers. (Not to mention they can't provide reliable service). Your call to PUC won't fix your problem today, but by getting your complaint into the public record, it makes it harder for the politicians to claim "there is no problem, the grid is working great". It's not working great. It's terrible. It's fragile, unreliable, and more expensive to the consumer than it has to be. KHOU stop deleting my comments and working FOR the negligent peoples.. I will just keep rephrasing and rewriting/ posting it. Nothing about my comment breaks guidelines for your channel or KZbin
@MarcHood-fy9xt5 ай бұрын
The Problem with Texas power utilities is very simple, Your states government has removed all oversight regulations of Clear Point! They get to operate as they please without having to answer to anyone! It seems like every year Texas is having major power problems after every storm. Whilst neighboring states gets their power grids up and running in 48 hours of a storm, Texas struggles for weeks before they get back up to speed!
@bennyjames5585 ай бұрын
You cant tell em nothing they just rinse and repeat they gotta stop being ignorant by themselves we can't get them in line like other states they to prideful on being stupid. They always say they take care of them self so I gusse this what they call taking care of themselves
@signcommanders5 ай бұрын
Not true dropped our prices a lot. But the problem is Centercrap has gotten too big and bullish. They need to be divided, imln my opinion.
@davidbryant35325 ай бұрын
You are a moron
@donnessiastewart42135 ай бұрын
You said it perfectly!
@davidbryant35325 ай бұрын
@@MarcHood-fy9xt you are 100% delusional. Name one place that had 100% restoration within 48 hours of a hurricane. You people are weak minded fools
@tookster74835 ай бұрын
Centerpoint is going to get "no pay disputes" from customers pretty soon too!
@EatDrinkBeMerry5 ай бұрын
They will get their power cut off - and what’s the next step?
@sbrmilitia5 ай бұрын
@@EatDrinkBeMerrycant cut off what isn’t turned on in the first place
@MK679345 ай бұрын
@@EatDrinkBeMerrythey will be sued
@nic28595 ай бұрын
I genuinely thought this was the meaning of the video headline
@tookster74835 ай бұрын
@@nic2859 Same here 😅. One thing is for certain, this is costing CenterPoint millions of dollars of lost revenue every day....not that I am upset about THAT though.
@donrodgers36735 ай бұрын
Who is giving us these numbers? Oh yeah CenterPoint. It is likely higher than 900,000. Complete liars.
@johnmoon8225 ай бұрын
CP is counting those misleading color statuses that "have power," which is probably less than 1m. This guy dares to say, "I'm not trying to brag,..." is absurd.
@antmaster3605 ай бұрын
Their power outage map is a lie so yeah
@yourdadsotherfamily35305 ай бұрын
Texas Public Utility Commission: (Google the number) PUC won't be much help with this outage, except that it puts your complaint into the public record. Be sure to state that your complaint is not that you don't have power, but rather Centerpoint continuously fails to provide the infrastructure and resources needed to communicate with the public. They refuse to build a basic website that can communicate with their customers in the middle of an outage. They don't provide enough call center people to take phone calls, they don't disseminate basic information to employees to pass on to customers. (Not to mention they can't provide reliable service). Your call to PUC won't fix your problem today, but by getting your complaint into the public record, it makes it harder for the politicians to claim "there is no problem, the grid is working great". It's not working great. It's terrible. It's fragile, unreliable, and more expensive to the consumer than it has to be.
@Edangel14-4215 ай бұрын
The gaslighting NEEDS to STOP Centerpoint ✋️ take accountability! Actions speak louder than lies. PS...no you don't understand our frustration as you look fresh as a daisy on air getting a nice big salary in your nice home likely with a humongous back up genie...this guy is full of himself.
@tamatharountree5 ай бұрын
Of my 40 employees only 5 have been restored power they live throughout the greater Houston area. Many have reported their “restoration map” states they are restored but it is not true including myself
@stacyjones43345 ай бұрын
Wake up Houston ! They don't care.
@Mekakinny5 ай бұрын
AMERICA!!!
@endlesssabbatical96125 ай бұрын
Why all the softball questions? This company has underperformed why is the news media letting them off Scott free without asking them the real questions around their under performance
@Lily-wp8ol5 ай бұрын
Why is Abbott just going to have an "investigation" rather than telling the company to FIX IT, and stop whining!
@rhondapotter69895 ай бұрын
Exactly! They should have, for one inquired as to his power status at home and whether he is suffering like the others out there....
@dano07265 ай бұрын
Exactly - she could have asked at least 2 follow up questions when he said they would be communicating more with the remaining 500K - when will you know the next week timeline and what time can I reach out to you (on record) for the next week timeline?
@bsholderlowescs5 ай бұрын
Management Power co. Should be the last to have their power restored.
@willbass28695 ай бұрын
Better to have something than nothing. If Centerpoint gets repeatedly crucified on local news stations they'll just restrict info to highly scripted & choreographed press releases (just like Biden Whitehouse)
@05DELTA055 ай бұрын
The lineman are not to blame , but blame this guy . This is the operation manager he is one of our key issues . His job needs investigating. He refuses to see the problem with their preparedness of this situation so they will not change.
@JimBz845 ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏 Exactly! The linemen are doing what they can, but they can only do so much under these incompetent "leaders"
@julioshaheen83865 ай бұрын
Typical smoke and mirrors with no definitive answers.
@gm73045 ай бұрын
don't boo vote blue.
@onward27275 ай бұрын
@@gm7304 blue states need some red, and I guess red states need some blue
@beckyjolong62855 ай бұрын
This is all about greed......we Are people like this guy making millions while people have no a/c and living pay day to pay day......but they don't csre.
@dashingnurse50985 ай бұрын
Greed And Control
@highyadoin5 ай бұрын
And depopulation @@dashingnurse5098
@marilynclarke60925 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Greed! Greed! and more Greed! 😱
@NDB4695 ай бұрын
When all this is done y’all will just forget about it. Most won’t do anything to prepare for the next one.
@highyadoin5 ай бұрын
Why should WE prepare for our lights to go out? We pay out the wazoo for lights! I'm not spending another thousand or more trying to do anything!!!
@siegedoyle5 ай бұрын
@Goodtimes427 he is not wrong though. Investing in an outside generator is clutch. Especially since we live next to the Gulf which is hurricane central. Just going to get worse. Be prepared abd ready. Don't lay around and wait.
@NDB4695 ай бұрын
@@highyadoinyou can get a generator for under $300, a few extension cords maybe a small window unit for summer or space heater for winter, you can power your fridge, a few lights, maybe even your well pump, you gotta get outside the box of modern comfort and do what’s necessary when storms happen. You’re paying for the electricity you use, if it’s out, you’re not paying for it, once you’ve invested in a few basics the gas and effort you put into the generator will be a wash, being prepared is a good idea regardless. It’s frustrating but there are small things you can do to help the situation.
@davidbryant35325 ай бұрын
Agree...stop bitching...those without were poorly prepared.
@davidbryant35325 ай бұрын
@Goodtimes427 then you suffer...don't take care of yourself...the weak link
@enzo.toscana5 ай бұрын
Poor Management. Poor Leadership. Centerpoint is being called Center-Pointless by many.
@JerryMarshall-m8f5 ай бұрын
CP is a 19 Billion dollar a year for profit company with a monopoly on the transmission and infrastructure of electricity in Houston granted them years ago. This needs to end now. This was a cat 1. A cat 1. This means if there is a emergency plan and maintenance plan it is not being followed.
@HasItEverNotBeenNow5 ай бұрын
They say they’ve restored power, but all that means is they marked it on the map as “energized.” We’ve been “energized” for two days now, but still don’t have power. It’s just gaslighting at this point.
@GodNSense5 ай бұрын
That guy is just a PR BS artist.
@JerryMarshall-m8f5 ай бұрын
The other problem is the PUC is appointed by the governor. They should be elected by the citizens of Texas!!!
@pushpoptake15995 ай бұрын
Centerpoint hasn’t been doing tree trimming for years in the neighborhoods . Out of 17years they only trimmed trees from lines in my neighborhood twice. Not only did you let the people of Houston down but your own workers. Now they have to work harder because these trees are tangled up with lines. A lot of it could’ve been prevented..
@EatDrinkBeMerry5 ай бұрын
Is this the freedom everyone from Texas talks about? The freedom to be overcharged for basic needs in the name of corporate greed. Got to love your power grid being so bad. Better get ready for more outages. With more heatwaves en route.
@TraditionallyTexan5 ай бұрын
Id still rather be in texas than california, or new york, or most other states actually. Yeah, this is a problem for us, but we've toughed it out before, and we're doing it again. We're allowed to complain about things not being done right. If they were doing everything they were supposed to and working hard, we probably wouldn't have said anything. We can handle power outages, other states have bigger issues that we won't ever have. Where are you at? We can compare if you want:)
@StayedZues5845 ай бұрын
@@TraditionallyTexangot that boy on hushmouth 🤣
@itiswhatitis31985 ай бұрын
Why are you attacking the citizens of Texas? What a goober.
@davidbryant35325 ай бұрын
Idiot
@EatDrinkBeMerry5 ай бұрын
This is what triggered looks like. Jumping to bash California or New York. You Texans are really going to love your first Dem governor. When the day comes. If Kentucky can Texas can and will. Fellow craphole red state resident here, btw.
@randolphscott68145 ай бұрын
Centerpoint is the worst. They do not care. This has been the case for many years.
@mike_w-tw6jd5 ай бұрын
by law, they are not required to care
@bigcahuna423665 ай бұрын
This whole thing is poorly coordinated. The mega sized crew is showing little progress because there's not much direction nor prioritization from the higher ups.
@gcrunkbc82505 ай бұрын
I need power for my medical equipment. No power since Monday. Beyond ridiculous. Will Centerpoint pay my medical bills because this heat and no power for my equipment. My medicince must be kept cold.😢
@Roastdawg5 ай бұрын
“People are getting angry maybe” 😭 Great coverage guys keep it up
@zaidagonzalez64605 ай бұрын
Center Point:Same excuses different day! Ridiculous 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵
@debbiemauldin5 ай бұрын
Center Point should have checked the aging, weak poles and lines long before. They knew this would eventually happen.
@puppybasket39065 ай бұрын
Why did he not call for an investigation into Oncor when DFW was hit by that storm a few months ago? We were out of power for six days and many longer! It’s not just Centerpoint it’s all of these big monopolies. I lose power all the time for days. We need a full investigation into the whole shebang.
@mypho97515 ай бұрын
Entergy shows most of my neighborhood in the green, but most still do not have power. Moved our restoration date back another day
@stanhill-yg5zi5 ай бұрын
Still no power in la porte folks we are being fkd with and fkn played
@highyadoin5 ай бұрын
None in spring either
@MoonRavenn5 ай бұрын
No power in parts of Cypress either
@stanhill-yg5zi5 ай бұрын
@@MoonRavenn just don't make good sense
@siegedoyle5 ай бұрын
In Spring it's mixed. Just all of louetta and some by 99 but 2920 areas have power but some don't. All the restaurants are open
@nancyk81535 ай бұрын
ANGRY!!! Because..... CenterPoint monopolized the state of Texas. We are at their mercy.
@davidbryant35325 ай бұрын
The entire state? You are stupid
@zahariastoianovici85905 ай бұрын
Centerpoint understand the frustration!!!! This is absolutely BS !!! Disappointing and shameful statement !!! After 5 days still no power and fro some reason the area where we live always the latest to restore!!!! Absolutely no clear update and no accurate info!!! Another disappointment !
@Critical-Thinker8955 ай бұрын
Don't worry. Tonight you'll get another email bragging about how great they are and how they restored your power yesterday. Their map already displays me as power restored and I can see a power line on the ground from my house. They aren't even good liars.
@DarkBadger9995 ай бұрын
He " hasn't heard" about pay disputes... he didn't say there are no pay disputes.
@RevTox5 ай бұрын
We still have power outages almost a week later from a category 1?
@kratos-iu9bs5 ай бұрын
Honestly how the hell do other states and countries bounce back after 1 or 2 days with Only dealing with debri and collateral damage While facing category 3 and sometimes even 4 storms. But for us we get knocked out just from strong winds and a category 1 hurricane
@kamskyyexte5 ай бұрын
Omg, this is unacceptable.
@ramiroperez24615 ай бұрын
Go be an electrician then
@kratos-iu9bs5 ай бұрын
@@ramiroperez2461Don't really see how that's an option.But i'm pretty sure she'd do a better job than most of those idiots were just sitting in their trucks all day while there's work to be done
@jamesroof61505 ай бұрын
Centerpoint CEO make $38 million a year. Deregulation works great eh?
@rhondacrawford45335 ай бұрын
Board members 300k a year Empty your pockets wrong side out. I bet they live in fancy housrs and have a built in generator
@erickdiaz52405 ай бұрын
That guy don’t GAF
@GB-dw3fo5 ай бұрын
Criminal investigation and charges against Centerpoint.
@Lìven-good5 ай бұрын
Yes it's true.Storm duty pays+$23 hr my cousin and his company was told no storm pay.him 23 guys 7 trucks lleft TXs. .
@alexleanh5 ай бұрын
The guy in the wheel chair got to go. Texas is full of problems because of this guy.
@45banshee5 ай бұрын
Centerpoint has 6.9 billion dollars yet they don't want to pay outside working help. Get these people out of here they don't care about people only their money
@naomimonreal96545 ай бұрын
What is gov.abbot doing to help use all? No . money,no electricity Our food went bad.
@leVoltron5 ай бұрын
This guy should be a politician. These clowns at CenterPoint suck who could care less. We have zero choice on the rates they charge, and they only care about their bottom line. All these clowns are sitting in their homes, with generators and could care less about the average person sitting at home, sweating it out. None of these guys should be allowed to have generators, and see how they deal with it.
@deshawnjones76005 ай бұрын
All i know is that the people around me have power and i dont 😢
@TheSpicyLeg5 ай бұрын
Utility only owns and is responsible for the service drop to the meter, or the first pole on the property if the meter is further away. After that, you need what is called an “electrician”.
@Christian-Rankin5 ай бұрын
"We understand... from this air conditioned office and trucks"
@MaryRose865 ай бұрын
Some areas may take months ! My cousin is a lineman and said some areas are expected to not have power until November. They don’t want to let the public know because people will panic.
@davidbryant35325 ай бұрын
You are a liar
@juniusharding92225 ай бұрын
I sure hope that is not the case, that’ll be disastrous
@cathygoltsoff96155 ай бұрын
Still powerless in Galveston.
@alexleanh5 ай бұрын
Now, do Houstonians (and Americans in general) have sympathy and empathy towards the 2 million Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza strip???
@Webbcatt45 ай бұрын
Investigate Centerpoint and Ercot!!!
@kratos-iu9bs5 ай бұрын
Centerpoint is in fact under investigation.But I won't be surprised if they go ahead and blame that on why the power isn't coming on quickly enough
@judyandfriends1235 ай бұрын
We pay a ton of money for electricity so they need to use some of their crazy profit on maintenence and preparedness.
@SubBrief5 ай бұрын
Public educationing is keeping grammaring from titleing.
@WarFace-lj4kx5 ай бұрын
Workers
@RevTox5 ай бұрын
"CenterPoint: No pay disputes are keeping working from restoring power" Yeah, I wasn't sure exactly what these "professional" in the "news" were trying to say. They seem to lie enough for me to not expect much, anyway.
@TraditionallyTexan5 ай бұрын
I had to read it a couple times before I got it lol
@timothyross78225 ай бұрын
CP, No. You don't understand.
@lylelanley185 ай бұрын
If Marvin Zindler were still alive, it would have been restored already!
@michaelcook68555 ай бұрын
This was a minor storm. There are 4 major storms predicted for this season!
@origtex5 ай бұрын
Channel 2...the focus needs to be on timelines and restoration. Not stories about rouge stories of angry people . Ask tough questions like what are you going for the next storm. Why hasn't hardening happened? Why was the map broke since May? People depending on Whataburger app. Software, talent, and money could have a robust app that was accurate. Looks like a 3rd grader is working on the map. A modern map with accurate info is NOT hard. It is 2024.
@deniseellenburg6495 ай бұрын
Centerpoint provides everything ... BUT ELECTRICITY to customers who've been without it for 5 days or more...
@DarkBadger9995 ай бұрын
Yes, they provide lies, excuses , high bills for terrible service, and nothing more.
@michaelcook68555 ай бұрын
Record profits, no accountability, and complete incompetence. All of their executives should be fired immediately and with no severance packages. Definitely no bonuses this year.
@GB-dw3fo5 ай бұрын
@@michaelcook6855 If customers are dying because of the heat then there will be class action lawsuits and criminal charges against employees of Centerpoint.
@Christian-Rankin5 ай бұрын
These anchors went so easy on him
@jaimesanchez11215 ай бұрын
Thank you Amy for making the right questions!!!
@CMoore85395 ай бұрын
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!💔💔💔
@kimberlyguillen73245 ай бұрын
All has stations and nursing places need the power immediately
@tripliptical11255 ай бұрын
This is the face and lies you tell, when your company is being held ransom by hackers.
@christianwolf685 ай бұрын
you live in the south along the gulf coast in July. what did you expect 50 degree temperatures ? what their customers and local politicians should be asking is, how can your infrastructure be so weak that it can not withstand a Cat 1 storm?
@melisaross24685 ай бұрын
LOOKS LIKE U GOT AT LEAST OVER A 100 TRUCKS JUS SITTING THERE DOING PAPER WORK MY A--
@Barb-z5l5 ай бұрын
Never work for free for these companies
@Dancer-us5fu5 ай бұрын
Nobody works for free.
@Barb-z5l5 ай бұрын
@@Dancer-us5fu Who decides your worth?
@TraditionallyTexan5 ай бұрын
Oh. The best thing is someone graffitied over I10 "Center Pointless" and it's the funniest, most accurate thing of all time.
@kimberlyguillen73245 ай бұрын
The traffic lights here come and go also so the hell we don't have power in this area already??
@Mhel20235 ай бұрын
His face is becoming more and more 👊able
@rhondapotter69895 ай бұрын
I'm sure the fella they are interviewing has a/c! Maybe that should have been a question they asked him.....
@serg3205 ай бұрын
If ppl power is being rotated do they count that as “restoration”?
@jimthompson89475 ай бұрын
3:46 Vs Title; How is work going to get done if no workers are being paid ? CEOs & this guy learning the trade tonight to go work tomorrow ? Gimme' a break.
@user-eh2hj8bx6O5 ай бұрын
This was a Category 1 storm, I'm worried about y'all if the storm was worse.
@lisaeaker90645 ай бұрын
There was trucks lined up in my road but yet I have no power
@ramiroperez24615 ай бұрын
I give you shelter 😊
@GB-dw3fo5 ай бұрын
@@lisaeaker9064 Another news report showed trucks parked with linemen inside waiting for their work orders that were lost. Hours later the workers went and did a bit of work. They showed it on the local news there.
@devinsheehan9365 ай бұрын
You mean the company with total control and a history of refusal of proactive maintenance instead only does retroactive corrections won't pay!? Oh I am so "shocked"
@Flaco713m5 ай бұрын
You can’t sit in a office with AC, or sit in a truck with AC and say “ we completely understand “ Come try and stay at my house with no lights, no gas , no food, mosquitos , and high summer temperatures all these days, then you can say you understand
@7ch1no385 ай бұрын
Idk man everytime i got an out of town job i had a choice weather or not to take it..the jobs always made me pay for my room and meals but i got my predem..
@dougclem77115 ай бұрын
We in BAYTOWN a few years ago had to pay for our smart meters. Now years ago, there was a dispute between electric lines and phone lines carrying the internet connections. I guess phone companies won that. But the electricity provider uses their lines to talk to your smart meter. They can turn on your power, turn off your power remotely. A person doesn't need to come to your home to activate your service. And by the same smart meter, the power companies know if you have or don't have electricity. By the way, internet through electric lines, i think is much better than the phone lines. And some states the smart meters were free as a part of service. Republicans up in Austin did that to TEXAS.
5 ай бұрын
They are cutting my power on and off wth is going on
@davidmorello60315 ай бұрын
VP of operations??? Well, he should definitely lose his job. So many VPs at Centerpointless and in the so-called energy capital of the world, they can't keep the lights on. Deplorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@johnpaulwebb34405 ай бұрын
Profits over infrastructure is the pay dispute.
@tamatharountree5 ай бұрын
This VP is just blowing smoke 💨
@killvision7915 ай бұрын
This is the responsibility of GREGG ABBOTT AND MR PATRICK!!! THIER POWER IS GOOD, THIER PENSIONS AND VACATIONS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN AMERICANS LIVES!
@johnvesper9895 ай бұрын
Texas. you are the ones who decided on free-market electricity.
@nicnicnicnic84375 ай бұрын
Right, I suppose it was a free market hurricane too?
@TurboTaco2JZ5 ай бұрын
How to spot a person that failed econ 101. Monopolies are not free market. Free market = competition
@johnvesper9895 ай бұрын
@@TurboTaco2JZ Texas is not a monopoly, nor to they have a public utilities oversight board. Some time ago, they completely deregulated their electrical grid, and went free-market. Everyone is able to choose their electrical supplier. Naturally, the unregulated Corporations immediately started cutting corners to maximize profits and the things that got cut the most were Maintenance, "Hardening" the infrastructure, and personnel. Thus, when a major disruption occurs, the recover is extremely slow, and Texans VOTED for it!
@TurboTaco2JZ5 ай бұрын
@johnvesper989 0 for 2 pal. Energy resellers is not free market. Centerpoint owns the infrastructure.
@depressedcheems99615 ай бұрын
@@johnvesper989 Most community services like this are forced monopolies because they don't want 20 different grids wrapping around each other.
@tessagreer96885 ай бұрын
First Ercot now this. Texas wth are you doing. We knew about this storm for over a week
@irithastranton5 ай бұрын
The field workers should be already trained! Are you kidding me, training!!
@tomhare87405 ай бұрын
Still no trucks in Spring and same trees on power lines are still there!
@Purenrgy5 ай бұрын
VP being out of touch with the pay issue the workers are having is not surprising. He needs to do better.
@MarJo3335 ай бұрын
Geez, these complaints are only an hour old. I believe the people. Thats too bad. Your govenor is no bueno !!
@TraditionallyTexan5 ай бұрын
The governor is fine.. mostly. Sometimes. Lol. But It's really the power company. We're on our own grid .. that was poorly made and poorly maintained apparently.
@holyspirit57175 ай бұрын
We need real news
@CMoore85395 ай бұрын
Patience Is OVER!!! This is Unexceptionable!!!!💔🥵💔🥵💔🙏
@shawonniamayes13015 ай бұрын
That man is the biggest liar i have ever seen. And i have not received one email or text in regards to updates since Wednesday. But he will lose his job after all of this is over. And channel 2 🤢 pacifying the situation. Khou 11 is eating centerpoint alive everytime they interview them.
@mike_w-tw6jd5 ай бұрын
kprc's owners are more right leaning, politically
@yudiellhernandez47495 ай бұрын
Right, the pay disputes are not true but a supposed guy pulling a gun is true.
@chazb32245 ай бұрын
yea he lying about the disputes of getting paid
@ForlornAgain5 ай бұрын
He's lying...using qualifying phrases like "I have not seen".... and "I have not heard." Lying right into the camera. Bold.
@patriciaj12325 ай бұрын
My power is still out and so is other’s in my area
@john543675 ай бұрын
Centerpoint CEO must GO!
@williamcrist18875 ай бұрын
The crews have done a great job in a very short amount of time
@MarieScott-mx5lj5 ай бұрын
That's not what the workers are saying.
@davidmorello60315 ай бұрын
If you look closely at the infrastructure in the Heights where I live, you can clearly see why this happens repeatedly. Utter BS from this VP of operations.
@bsholderlowescs5 ай бұрын
Wrong man to be questioning if he doesn’t know facts.