Texas Seeks Probe of Energy Companies After Storm Leaves Millions Without Power

Published on July 11, 2024

At the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the state will open an investigation into CenterPoint Energy and any other energy companies in Texas whose customers have lost power due to Hurricane Beryl. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the investigation at a July 11 press briefing, saying Mr. Abbott was “asking for an investigation of CenterPoint and any power company that does not deliver, and see what the problems were” that led to the unprecedented outage in the Houston and Galveston Bay area as well as the rest of the region. The Texas Public Utilities Commission will handle the investigation. Mr. Patrick is serving as acting governor while Mr. Abbott is away on a preplanned economic mission to Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea....

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