UPDATE: Entire City of Seguin without gas service

Staff Reports

The entire City of Seguin is currently without gas service to homes and businesses, so we know the million-dollar question is “When will the gas be turned back on?”

According to CenterPoint energy, more than 200 technicians are in Seguin working to restore service, but it will take time. All meters in the City will have to be manually turned off before the system can be reactivated and eventually restored.

CenterPoint plans on working throughout the night tonight with hopes that all meters will be turned off by noon tomorrow.

According to the City of Seguin, techs are already going house to house this evening, so please keep your porch lights on and bring pets inside that are near the area of your gas meter. Customers will need to be home as the technicians will have to turn each natural gas meter back on. The technicians will make 3 visits and will leave a door hanger for customers to call for scheduling a time.

Once the main transmission line is repaired, the system can then be recharged. At that point, CenterPoint will commence the individual manual turn-ons of each meter within the system.

CenterPoint estimates the entire service territory will be restored in approximately 4-5 days. Some customers may have service restored sooner than others. The earliest CenterPoint Energy estimates that any customers will have gas turned back on is sometime Wednesday afternoon.

For updates on the gas service, residents are encouraged to check the City of Seguin social media and CenterPoint Energy Updates Twitter page.

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