AUSTIN – After last winter’s freeze, Attorney General Ken Paxton publicly pledged to take on the companies responsible for statewide blackouts and huge spikes...
Paxton launched an investigation into the electric grid operator, power companies and natural gas prices, but he has filed just one lawsuit to date.
Large electrical transmission lines cross over SH 287 in South Arlington, Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Rolling power outages have disrupted service to customers following this weeks snow storm and deep freeze. AUSTIN – After last winter’s freeze, Attorney General Ken Paxton publicly pledged to take on the companies responsible for statewide blackouts and huge spikes in natural gas prices.a flurry of investigations into some of the biggest players in the state’s energy market.
Paxton is not saying publicly whether the investigations into potential price gouging or other deceptive trade practices are active, stalled or have come up with nothing.The Dallas Morning NewsIn denying the release of some documents, the office said Thursday that its consumer protection division is investigating Dallas-based pipeline giant Energy Transfer, which madeYet over recent months, records show agency attorneys spent less and less time scrutinizing the winter disaster.
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