Despite the swift response to half of the outages, approximately 500,000 CenterPoint Energy customers are expected to face protracted blackouts extending into the following week, as detailed in an update provided to the Public Utility Commission of Texas by CenterPoint's executive vice president Jason Ryan and reported by Community Impact. This estimate was announced amid ongoing recovery efforts from Hurricane Beryl in the hardest-hit areas such as The Woodlands and coastal counties. Ryan outlined the scope of the damage which includes rebuilding large spans of infrastructure, explaining this is what leads to extended outages.