Greg Abbott Orders Probe of Atmos Energy Over ‘Failure to Prepare for Winter Weather Event’

Company could have requested assistance from Texas Energy Reliability Council

People carry groceries from a local gas station in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 15, 2021. Winter storm Uri brought historic cold weather to Texas, causing traffic delays and power outages. Montinique Monroe/Getty Images

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) on Wednesday called for an investigation into Atmos Energy after customers in parts of Texas were left without gas to heat their homes during frigid temperatures over Christmas.

Abbott wrote to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Railroad Commission Chair Christi Craddick, asking them to probe what he called Atmos Energy’s failure to prepare for winter weather.