Appeals Court Rules Winter Storm Uri Cases Can Move Forward Against Transmission and Distribution Utilities
A three-judge panel of the Texas 14th Court of Appeals in Houston has unanimously ruled that Winter Storm Uri-related lawsuits against Texas electric transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) can move forward to trial.
- A three-judge panel of the Texas 14th Court of Appeals in Houston has unanimously ruled that Winter Storm Uri-related lawsuits against Texas electric transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) can move forward to trial.
- “It was a conscious decision to cut off power to certain neighborhoods and several people lost their lives as a result.
- In 2023, the Texas Supreme Court found that ERCOT, the nonprofit corporation operating the state’s electrical grid, qualified for sovereign immunity from litigation.
- Winter Storm Uri brought near-zero-degree temperatures and freezing rain to Texas in February 2021.