The family of an 11-year-old boy who died in freezing weather in Texas last week has filed a lawsuit against the state’s utility grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and power company Entergy. death.
Local news channel KHOU in Houston reports that Christian Pavon’s family has filed a lawsuit and is represented by lawyer Tony Buzbee.
Pavon reportedly died of hypothermia on Tuesday after his family’s home lost power. His official cause of death has yet to be released, KHOU reports.
According to charges filed by Pavon’s family, the cause of death was hypothermia, KHOU reports. His family is seeking more than $ 100 million in damages.
Entergy said in response to the lawsuit that the company was “Deeply saddened by the loss of life in our community. We cannot comment due to pending lawsuits. ”
“We have not yet reviewed the lawsuits and will respond accordingly as soon as we do. Our thoughts are with all Texans who “have and are suffering” for the past week, “ERCOT said in its own statement.” But with approximately 46 percent of private electricity production going offline last Monday morning, we are confident that our grid operators are the right choice. to prevent a statewide power outage. “
Dozens of Texans died last week when freezing temperatures engulfed the state and more than 4 million people lost power, many for several days. Power has been restored to most homes, but several thousand are without electricity.
The Heads of State and ERCOT are faced with fierce criticism about the dropout. Texas’ electricity infrastructure lacked the winterization needed to handle freezing temperatures. In addition, the Texas is the only state to have an independent power grid, which means it couldn’t turn to its neighbors to dampen the power outages.
Texas government Greg Abbott (R) has called for an investigation into ERCOT.
President Biden
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