Pressure mounts on Houston power company to quickly restore service after Beryl

Hurricane Beryl’s path left down power lines and millions without electricity (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle/AP)

Pressure mounted on Houston’s power company as millions of residents still had no electricity nearly three days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, stoking questions over how a city that is all too familiar with destructive weather was unable to better withstand a Category 1 storm.

With frustration growing as Houston residents experienced another sweltering day, a CenterPoint Energy executive faced a barrage from city leaders who wanted to know why it was taking so long to get the lights back on again.