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Community leaders demand changes from CenterPoint
11:42 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
HOUSTON -- Council member Jarvis Johnson and community leaders are demanding changes from CenterPoint Energy.
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John Cangelosi, left, Georgeann Rodriguez, her husband Pete Rodriguez, and Joe Martinez, right, eat breakfast in their apartment building's garage because they have no electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, in Galveston.
Members of the community group ACORN say CenterPoint failed to restore power to critical care patients and 70 percent of its customer base in a timely manner.
They are demanding a more efficient plan of action from CenterPoint during massive power outages.
But a CenterPoint Energy spokesperson said the company used workers from all over the country, and Canada, to try and restore power as quickly as possible.
As of Tuesday, 95 percent of CenterPoint customers have power.
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