CenterPoint Energy (CNP) announced that it has signed an agreement with Neara, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered infrastructure modeling platform for engineering-grade simulations and analytics. The aim is to deploy Neara's AI capabilities across CenterPoint's 5,000-square-mile Greater Houston service area. How Will This Agreement Benefit CNP? As part of CNP's efforts to improve customer and community outcomes following Hurricane Beryl, the company is committed to utilizing technology and AI. CenterPo ...

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文章核心观点 - 公司将与Neara公司合作,利用人工智能和数字建模技术来优化安全性、可靠性和抗灾能力,减少对客户的影响 [1][2] - 公司将通过Neara的模拟和分析平台,提前了解天气事件对基础设施和客户的影响,提高应对准备和响应能力 [2] - 公司将利用Neara的技术支持电网硬化改造,提高系统整体弹性 [2][3] 公司概况 - 公司是总部位于德克萨斯州的投资型电力和天然气公用事业公司,为超过700万名客户提供服务 [6] - 公司拥有约9,000名员工,业务历史超过150年 [6] 合作背景 - 公司在2024年8月完成了首期"大休斯顿抗灾计划"的核心抗灾行动,并宣布了更大规模的第二期计划 [3] - 第二期计划包括电网硬化、有选择性地进行地下化、自愈电网技术等,以及长期抗灾计划,总投资约500亿美元 [3] 合作内容 - 公司将利用Neara的人工智能模拟和分析平台,模拟严重天气事件对基础设施和客户的影响 [2] - Neara的技术将支持公司识别高风险树木、关键设备升级等,并优化电网硬化投资 [2] - 随着电网硬化完成,公司将能够量化单个资产的性能提升,并预测、交付和衡量弹性改善情况 [2] 合作意义 - 利用技术和人工智能为客户和社区带来更好的成果,是公司在"伯尔"飓风后做出的承诺 [2] - 通过模拟分析,公司将能够在重大天气事件发生前、期间和之后采取行动,减少停电影响和恢复时间 [2]

Near-term actions will include: Installing 25,000 new, stronger poles Removing or trimming 4,000 miles of higher-risk vegetation Installing 4,500 automated reliability devices Actions will be completed ahead of the 2025 hurricane season. HOUSTON, Sept. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CenterPoint Energy announced a comprehensive suite of new actions as part of the next phase of its Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI), including strengthening the energy system and operations over the next eight month ...

HOUSTON, Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2100 per share on the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock payable on December 12, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 21, 2024. This quarterly dividend represents a $0.010 increase over the prior quarter and aligns with an annual dividend of $0.81 for 2024 which represents an 8% average dividend increase over the pa ...

文章核心观点 - 尽管秋季已经到来,但2024年的飓风季节仍在持续 [1] - 公司一直在密切关注墨西哥湾地区的热带天气发展,并按照标准的电力和天然气应急准备协议采取行动 [1][2][3] - 公司已经采取了一系列措施来提高电网的抗灾能力,包括安装更加坚固的玻璃钢电线杆、修剪沿线树木以及安装更多自动化设备 [4] - 公司鼓励客户和公众做好应急准备,并提供相关资源和工具供客户使用 [5][6][7] 公司采取的措施 电网抗灾能力提升 - 在8月份,公司安装了1100多根更加坚固的玻璃钢电线杆,修剪了2000多英里的线路沿线树木,并安装了300多个自动化设备 [4] - 公司正在采取更大规模的抗灾行动,包括进一步加固电网、有选择性地将线路埋地、部署自愈电网技术,以及进一步完善停电跟踪系统 [4] 客户服务和应急准备 - 公司鼓励客户注册"电力警报服务",以便在严重天气事件期间获得停电详情、预计恢复时间以及客户特定的恢复进度更新 [5] - 公司的新型停电跟踪系统可以更快地向客户提供预计恢复时间 [6] - 公司提供了多种资源和工具,帮助客户做好应急准备,包括如何在暴风雨来临前和恢复期间保持安全 [7]

– TransCon CNP demonstrated AGV superior to placebo with LS mean treatment difference of 1.49 cm/year at Week 52 (p<0.0001) – For children aged 5-11 years TransCon CNP demonstrated a change from baseline AGV superior to placebo with LS mean treatment difference of 1.78 cm/year at Week 52 (p<0.0001) – Other endpoints supportive that TransCon CNP may provide benefits beyond linear growth – TransCon CNP was generally well-tolerated, with low frequency of injection site reactions (0.41 events per patient year), ...

Company makes internal and contractor frontline electrical workers available to other impacted utilities in Gulf Coast states CenterPoint's nearly 480-member natural gas workforce in Louisiana and its nearly 200-member workforce in Mississippi are responding to customer requests and odor calls. Crews are expected to complete all safety inspections by the end of the day today, with portions of Louisiana already reported as completed. CenterPoint did not experience significant impacts from Hurricane Francine ...

Company urges its nearly 400,000 natural gas customers in Louisiana and Mississippi to take additional safety measures; electric preparedness and response work in the Greater Houston area transitions back to normal operations Emergency Operations Centers remain activated in response to the potential impacts of Hurricane Francine on gas customers in Louisiana and Mississippi. CenterPoint Energy Texas-based natural gas personnel are ready to be deployed to Louisiana and Mississippi to support any natural gas ...

Company continues to communicate to electric and natural gas customers in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi and coordinate with emergency partners. Emergency Operations Centers remain activated in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi to prepare for, and respond to, the effects of Tropical Storm Francine. More than 1,300 vegetation management crews continue to trim and remove hazardous vegetation in the Greater Houston area and 2,350 frontline workers are on standby across the Gulf Coast service territory to cond ...