CenterPoint Sued Over Hurricane Beryl Power Outages in Houston
- More than 2.5 million homes and businesses lost power in storm
- Lawsuit accuses utility of failing to respond to outages
CenterPoint assistance crews work to restore power lines in Houston, Texas on July 11.
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A group of Houston restaurants that lost power for days after Hurricane Beryl sued the city’s main utility, accusing CenterPoint Energy Inc. of failing to adequately invest in infrastructure and respond to widespread power outages.
The lawsuit, filed by various eateries and restaurant groups in state court in Houston, claims CenterPoint failed to properly plan for the storm and conduct “reasonable power restoration efforts” after customers lost power. The businesses are seeking unspecified damages to cover the cost of business interruption, property damage and repairs, lost profits and other expenses.