AG Paxton Issues CIDs to ERCOT and Other Companies Following Dangerous Winter Storm Power Failures

AG Paxton Issues CIDs to ERCOT and Other Companies Following Dangerous Winter Storm Power Failures

Attorney General Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) to ERCOT and other power companies regarding power outages, emergency plans, energy pricing, and more related to this week’s winter weather disaster. The large-scale failure of Texas power companies to withstand the winter storm left multiple millions of Texans without power and heat during lethal, record-low temperatures across the state. “I’m using the full scope of my Constitutional powers to launch an investigation […]