TX electric operator given immunity from suits for hundreds dead in '21 Winter Storm

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Shielding Texas’ electricity grid manager from liability in dozens of lawsuits tied to a winter storm blackout debacle, the state’s highest court ruled Friday the manager is entitled to sovereign immunity.

 

The issue of whether the Electric Reliability Council of Texas had sovereign immunity, a legal doctrine that as applied here bars lawsuits against the state of Texas and its agencies, had been dogging the grid operator since before the Winter Storm Uri disaster of February 2021.

 

Many power plants shut down because their operators and natural gas companies that supply gas-fired plants had not winterized their equipment, forcing ERCOT to implement rolling blackouts due to an electricity shortage. Hundreds of Texans died from hypothermia and medical complications amid the blackouts which lasted four days straight for some households. X

[SweetTalker]

It’s crazy that this was over 2 years ago. Time flies by. I remember not having electricity or water for a little bit over 2 days. Pretty weird times.
 

idk something about this decade has not felt real 

[Sawk]

What SpongeBob and Patrick said 

[MusicLoverDude]

This is BS when you think about it. Reminds me of how that PG&E company that is in charge of Northern California power basically got a slap on the wrist for that devastating Camp fire back in 2018 that killed over 80 people. 

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"The all Republican court..."

 

 

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And yet they still vote for them, so what now