The family of an 11-year-old boy who died in icy weather in Texas last week have filed a lawsuit against state networks, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and the power company Entergy, claiming that serious negligence led to the child’s death.
Local Houston News Station KHOU reports that the family of Christian Pavon has filed a case and is represented by attorney Tony Buzbee.
Pavon is believed to have died of hypothermia on Tuesday after his family’s home lost power. His official cause of death has yet to be revealed, reports KHOU.
According to the case that Pavon’s family filed, the cause of death was hypothermia, reports KHOU. His family is demanding 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 can not comment due to pending lawsuit. ”
“We have not yet reviewed the lawsuits and will respond as soon as we do. We are thinking of all Texans who have been ‘suffering and suffering’ over the past week, ‘ERCOT said in its own statement. “However, because about 46 percent of the privately owned generation stumbled offline this past Monday morning, we are confident that our network operators made the right choice to avoid a blackout in the country.”
Dozens of Texans died when icy temperatures spread across the state last week, and more than 4 million people lost power, for many days. Power to most homes has been restored, but thousands remain without electricity.
The leaders of the state and ERCOT receive intense criticism over the interruptions. The power infrastructure of Texas does not need the winterization to handle icy temperatures. In addition, Texas is the only state that maintains an independent power grid, which means it cannot turn to its neighbors to temper the disappearance.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for an investigation into ERCOT.
President Biden
Joe Biden Nearly 70 deaths in countries with severe winter weather: report Two more deaths confirmed in Louisiana were linked to serious winter weather lawyer filing lawsuit to reverse election results in 2020, referred by judge for discipline sent emergency supplies to the state, including 60 generators, as well as thousands of blankets, meals and gallons of water. Biden also approved an emergency statement in Texas along with Louisiana and Oklahoma on Saturday.