CPS Energy sends dozens of workers to help Houston amid widespread power outages [Video]

Officials with CPS Energy confirmed they sent out 60 employees including equipment operators, pole and line crews, fleet personnel, and safety professionals.

“We’re ready. We’re prepared,” Guillermo Hernandez, a utility worker with CPS Energy said. 

 Hernandez received a call yesterday informing him he was heading to Houston. He said the trip will likely last crews several days.

 “We’ll be installing poles to removing old poles,” Hernandez said. 

Houston’s power provider CenterPoint Energy has also asked for help from other area companies leading to an additional 10,000 power workers assisting in the utility’s restoration effort. 

“It’s going to be regular routine work for us just longer hours. A lot of …