Recent News About Ercot
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Nine months after the Great Freeze of 2021, after a full legislative session, three special sessions, resignations from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and a complete leadership turnover at the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC), the powers that be in Austin have still not learned the right lessons or taken sufficient steps to prevent a repeat of that unnecessary disaster.
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HOUSTON — Today, the Harris County Attorney’s Office filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief with the Texas Supreme Court opposing the Electricity Reliability Cooperative of Texas’s argument that it is entitled to governmental immunity (which would bar most people from suing ERCOT).
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BEAUMONT – Area attorney Brent Coon is reportedly teaming up with a Houston law firm to file lawsuits against energy providers over the power loss that occurred during Winter Storm Uri.
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HOUSTON — Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee announced today his office is launching a civil investigation into the circumstances leading up to Texas’s recent electricity disaster—including decisions made by the Public Utility Commission (PUC), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and market participants—to identify all responsible parties.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton issued Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) to ERCOT and other power companies regarding power outages, emergency plans, energy pricing, and more related to this week’s winter weather disaster.
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BEAUMONT – Only a week has passed since Winter Storm Uri froze Texas and left millions without power, yet lawsuits are already being brought against power companies and insurers.
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HOUSTON – In what might be the first of many, a Fort Bend County man has filed suit against CenterPoint Energy and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas over the power loss caused by Winter Storm Uri.
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AUSTIN – Since the start of the pandemic, many groups have pushed for COVID-19 liability protections, seeking to protect businesses from opportunistic trial lawyers.
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DALLAS – Lawyers for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently filed a brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that because of the national implications of Texas and Oklahoma's regional haze plans, including coal-fired power plant emissions drifting into neighboring areas and states, any challenges to its rulemaking in the matter should be heard in the D.C. Circuit.
