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Houston-based CenterPoint Energy Inc., which has faced a barrage of criticism since Hurricane Beryl stormed ashore in early July, said it would cooperate with the investigations underway by Texas officials.

An investigation into the emergency response by utilities to Beryl, which knocked out power to millions in Houston and surrounding communities after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, is underway following a push by Gov. Greg Abbott.

Power generation company Calpine Corp. plans to develop more natural gas-fired plants in Texas after the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) delivered a plan to incentivize, not control, private investment, according to the firm.

Central and South West Corp. of Dallas filed with the PublicUtility Commission of Texas (PUCT) its business separation planrequired by Texas Senate Bill 7 on Electric Restructuring. The plandescribes the approach proposed by CSW to unbundle the activitiesof each of its Texas electric operating companies into threeentities. While the plan is directed to meet the requirements ofthe Texas restructuring legislation, the separation plan shouldalso meet restructuring requirements anticipated in Arkansas,Louisiana and Oklahoma, the company said.