 The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed within the next two days, the city's main utility said Monday, as Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened to punish Centerpoint Energy even after the lights come back on. The Texas Public Utility Commission, the state's regulatory agency, said Monday it had launched an investigation Abbott demanded in a Centerpoint storm preparation and response as hundreds of thousands of residents sweltered without power for more than a week after the storm. Power companies along the Gulf Coast must be prepared.