CenterPoint Energy launches web-based Community Progress Tracker for Houston-area grid upgrades
- CenterPoint Energy launched a map-based Community Progress Tracker showing GHRI work at street, neighborhood, and ZIP-code levels.
- CenterPoint's map lists outcomes: over 56,000 storm‑resilient poles, 8,000+ miles of tree trimming, and ~500 automation devices.
- CenterPoint says the tracker improves transparency, customer communications, and coordination with local governments and emergency responders.
CenterPoint Energy launches web-based Community Progress Tracker for Houston-area grid upgrades
Street-level tracker details GHRI upgrades across 12-county Houston area
CenterPoint Energy launches a web-based Community Progress Tracker on Feb. 11, 2026, giving Greater Houston residents a map-based, street-, neighborhood- and ZIP code-level view of infrastructure work completed under its Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI). The tool centralizes project visibility across a 12-county service area and documents activity since Aug. 1, 2024, as the utility pursues a multi-year grid-hardening program to bolster coastal resilience.
The interactive map details measurable outcomes that the company says reduce outage impacts and speed restoration, including more than 56,000 new storm-resilient poles, over 8,000 miles of enhanced tree-trimming and vegetation management, and upwards of 500 automation and intelligence devices. CenterPoint positions the tracker as a customer-facing transparency tool that enables residents to see what has been completed on their street and in their ZIP code and to understand how specific assets and technologies contribute to reliability.
Chief Customer Officer Tony Gardner says the tracker gives customers “a clear window” into work in their communities and is accessible on phones, tablets, laptops and desktops. The company says aggregating projects in one public online location helps measure outcomes from its resilience strategy, improves customer communications and supports better coordination with local governments and emergency responders.
Technical scope and modernization focus
Beyond poles and trimming, the tracker highlights undergrounded power lines and other modernization projects that CenterPoint is deploying to build what it calls the most resilient coastal grid in the nation. The map also catalogs installation schedules and locations of advanced grid technologies designed to isolate faults, reroute power and shorten restoration times.
Public updates and coordination
CenterPoint says the interactive map is updated regularly to reflect ongoing construction, trimming schedules and installation of further resilience technologies as GHRI progresses. The company frames the tracker as a planning and accountability tool that enables customers, stakeholders and regional planners to monitor physical deployments, quantify vegetation work and provide informed community feedback.