(Reuters) – More than 2.3 million homes and businesses in Texas were without power on Monday as Tropical Storm Beryl moved through the state, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, earlier today but is forecast to weaken further into a post-tropical cyclone on Tuesday.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:), which serves nearly 2.6 million customers, had more than 1.5 million people without power in its service area as of 11:17 a.m. ET.
The main public service interruptions are detailed below:
Power cuts in electric companies
CenterPoint Energy 1,954,574
Entergy (NYSE:) 145,712
Texas and New Mexico Energy 106,181
AEP-Texas 27,971
Sam Houston Electric Cooperative 27,252
Center-South Synergy 21,424
San Bernardo Electric Cooperative 13,787
Oncor 6.944
Total out
2,303,845
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