By Arathy Somasekhar and Marianna Parraga

HOUSTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) -

The ports of Freeport and Galveston resumed operations on

Wednesday as winter storm Enzo moved away from Texas, while the

port of Houston was planning to reopen to vessel traffic later

in the day, according to a shipping notice seen by Reuters.

The storm, which brought several inches of snow to Texas,

Louisiana and Florida where extreme winter conditions are rare,

has forced the shutdown of school districts, businesses and

roads in large cities including Houston and New Orleans, but has

so far caused minor interruptions to energy operations.

Freeport, Galveston and Houston had reduced operations on

Tuesday amid low temperatures and snow in Texas. Inbound vessel

traffic was resuming in Houston and Galveston on Wednesday,

according to the advisories.

All of Port Houston's eight public facilities

were closed

on Tuesday, the port said.

The Lake Charles pilots in Louisiana said on Wednesday

their service remained suspended.

The ports did not immediately reply to requests for

comment.

Also in Freeport, liquefaction operations at Freeport LNG's

plants were taken offline on Tuesday due to intermittent power

supply issues.

Electricity provider Centerpoint Energy ( CNP ), which

reported less than 40,000 customers without power in Texas and

Louisiana on Wednesday, did not immediately reply to a request

for comment.