They added that a customer's outage status may not change, as it will update once new restoration information is ava

Though ERCOT doesn't expect to issue outages, some could occur in the Houston area if icy conditions materialize, CenterPoint Energy said.

The company is expecting 1,200 additional mutual aid workers to arrive Monday, doubling its response workforce.

Southeast Texas' outlook for next week's winter storm continues to worsen, with a growing likelihood of a deep freeze and substantial wintry precipitation, snow and sleet in the Houston area. Space City Weather's Eric Berger published an atypical afternoon report on Friday warning of an "increasingly likely" and drastic mix of hard freeze and snowy conditions expected in Southeast Texas early next week.

A blast of cold air is expected to move into Houston on Sunday, and we could see snow and ice early next week. Here's our forecast.