Ike: Power restoration timeline (through Monday.)

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http://www.centerpointenergy.com/staticfiles/ike/ike.html

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1. Large area won't have lights till after Monday

Large area won't have lights till after Monday
But CenterPoint timeline faster for west residents
By LYNN COOK
CenterPoint Energy executives issued a timeline for power restoration Wednesday evening, indicating it will be after Monday before most lights shine in a huge swath of the Houston area from Spring to Pearland to Baytown.

David McClanahan, CenterPoint's president and chief executive, emphasized that many customers in those areas will see their power restored earlier, and the company said high-voltage lines and other major points in the system are repaired.

The ZIP code-based projections Wednesday indicated 80 percent of customers in the western part of the region will have power by Friday and 80 percent a little closer in will have it by Monday, but that much of Houston and areas to the east won't reach that level until later.

CenterPoint reported Wednesday it had restored power to 42 percent of its 2.2 million customers. Entergy, which serves areas in the northern and eastern portions of the region struck by Ike, had restored 18 percent of its 395,000 customers. And Texas-New Mexico Power Co., which serves coast communities including Angleton and Texas City, reported 58 percent of its 113,000 customers had power.

more:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6008231.html