The Texas organization in charge of energy and Entergy, a utility company, are being blamed for a teenager’s death amid recent snowstorms in the southern state. Cristian Pineda, 11, was found dead last week in his family’s Houston home after they, along with millions of other households, according to a new lawsuit. The family tried keeping warm by huddling in a single room, and Cristian was placed in a bed with his younger brother, but to no avail. The boy “died because grid wasn’t a priority, and the energy provider made decisions based on profits,” lawyers for the family wrote in the 9-page suit obtained by The Epoch Times. Lawyers said the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the flow of electrical power in most of the state, and Entergy should have invested in winterizing their systems and warned people before the storms struck that they could be …
Texas Energy Council, Entergy Accused of Gross Negligence Leading to Boy’s Death in New Lawsuit
February 22, 2021
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