About 4 miles of power lines in Katy, Texas, will be moved underground, and CenterPoint Energy says the work will involve planned outages before eventually shortening storm-related interruptions for roughly 5,600 customers.
CenterPoint is carrying out the project as part of its Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative.
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As Community Impact reported, the Public Utility Commission approved the Katy project, which is expected to take about eight months once construction starts.
Aaron Coronis, CenterPoint Energy’s service area manager, said the new circuit is intended to better withstand storms. He said it should also reduce outages and add capacity to meet Katy’s future electricity demand…