Houston Restaurants Sue CenterPoint Over Hurricane Beryl Power Outages
CenterPoint faces backlash over prolonged outages and plans to pass recovery costs to customers.
- Over 300 restaurants join a class action lawsuit against CenterPoint Energy for losses during Hurricane Beryl.
- CenterPoint plans to recoup $1.6-$1.8 billion in storm recovery costs through customer rate increases.
- Governor Abbott demands detailed plans from CenterPoint for service improvements post-Beryl.
- CenterPoint CEO pledges to enhance vegetation management and outage tracking systems.
- Consumer advocates criticize the burden of recovery costs being placed on customers.