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Texas Governor Criticizes CenterPoint Energy After Beryl Power Outages

Insurance Journal

The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed by Wednesday, the city’s main utility company said as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back. The Texas Public Utility

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Family of Carolina Woman Killed by Falling Utility Pole to Get $30M Settlement

Insurance Journal

AP) — The family of a South Carolina woman struck in the head and killed by a rotting 70-year-old utility pole will get $30 million through a wrongful death settlement reached Thursday. Electric company Dominion Energy, which installed … COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)

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Utilities’ Extreme Plan to Stop Wildfires: Shut Off the Power

Insurance Journal

A growing number of utilities are resorting to an extreme measure to prevent their equipment from sparking catastrophic wildfires: turning off the power. Electric companies serving about 24 million homes and businesses across the fire-prone US West now have plans …

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Energy Demand Response Programs and Patent Exposure

IP Watchdog

The core business model of energy producers and providers does not traditionally create significant patent litigation risk. Despite the complexity of the modern energy grid, the basic business and technology of energy generation has not changed significantly in the past 100 years.

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Utility Regulators Cite Natural Gas Company in Fatal 2021 Blast in Pennsylvania

Insurance Journal

State utility regulators have filed a complaint against a natural gas provider alleging safety violations in connection with an explosion in a central Pennsylvania borough that killed one person and injured several others three years ago. The 22-count complaint filed …

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CenterPoint Sued Over Hurricane Beryl Power Outages in Houston

Insurance Journal

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 …

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Texas Attorney General Opens Probe Into CenterPoint Over Beryl

Insurance Journal

The Texas attorney general is investigating CenterPoint Energy Inc. citing potential violation of the state’s law in the utility’s response during Hurricane Beryl, when millions in the Houston area were left without power — some for days in the sweltering …

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