Texas Seeks Probe of Energy Companies After Storm Leaves Millions Without Power

The majority of customers still without power as of July 11 are CenterPoint Energy customers.

CenterPoint foreign assistance crews work to restore power lines in Houston, Texas, on July 11, 2024. Danielle Villasana/Getty Images

At the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the state will open an investigation into CenterPoint Energy and any other energy companies in Texas whose customers have lost power due to Hurricane Beryl.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the investigation at a July 11 press briefing, saying Mr. Abbott was “asking for an investigation of CenterPoint and any power company that does not deliver, and see what the problems were” that led to the unprecedented outage in the Houston and Galveston Bay area as well as the rest of the region.