 Progress, but still a long way to go. Restoring power in Texas after Hurricane Beryl. CenterPoint Energy says it's restored power to more than 1 million homes and businesses since the hurricane ripped through southeast Texas Monday, leaving roughly 2.7 million in and around Houston without electricity amid dangerous heat. Look, we live here, we work here, we have employees that don't have power as well. It's miserable. CenterPoint's local director of government affairs, Paul Locke.