Cristian Pineda, 11, shared a room with his family of five for warmth when the power went out in their home, theBut he went into hypothermia and died as his younger brother slept in the bed beside him.Electric Reliability Council of Texas His family's lawyer Tony Buzbee said their energy provider Entergy and ERCOT made decisions "based on profits"."People died. ERCOT and the electrical providers like Entergy must account.
Cristian's autopsy is yet to be completed, but he did not have any underlying conditions that would lead to his death, his family said.ERCOT said in a statement to ABC13 that it had not reviewed the lawsuit as yet. "However, because approximately 46 percent of privately-owned generation tripped offline this past Monday morning, we are confident that our grid operators made the right choice to avoid a statewide blackout."Vehicles drive on snow and sleet covered roads in Spring, Texas. A winter storm dropping snow and ice sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in Texas.