HOUSTON — As hurricane season officially begins and summer heat intensifies across Texas, all eyes are on the state’s power grid. According to ERCOT’s latest supply and demand projections, Texas should have enough electricity to keep the lights on in the days ahead — but energy experts say there’s still cause for concern.

In Houston, residents are no strangers to the compounding threat of tropical storms and triple-digit heat, as seen after Hurricane Beryl, when widespread outages left many in the dark during sweltering temperatures.

CenterPoint's local grid upgrades

In response to recent challenges, CenterPoint Energy says it has made significant infrastructure upgrades to improve resilience and reduce outages. Over the past 10 months, the utility company has:

Installed or replaced mo

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