CenterPoint Energy harvests millions of data points to operate its business and serve customers. In the summer of 2012, CenterPoint Energy completed a multiyear project to install 2.3 million smart meters throughout the utility's 5,000-sq-mile (12,950-sq-km) electric service territory in Houston, Texas, U.S. These meters, which automatically send notifications about power outages, are the foundation of the intelligent grid CenterPoint Energy has spent years - and more than US$130 million - designing and constructing.
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