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The Chief Operating Officer of the Potts Law Firm discusses the impact of winter storm Yuri on the energy billing practices across Texas. This includes both the electricity bills that homeowners & businesses received, as well as the natural gas bills that have been coming out as of late. Potts Law Firm also discusses the legislative update in the Texas legislature about bills that are currently in committee in the Senate and in the house.

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  • May 14, 2022
  • More than 275 Baytown residents have joined a lawsuit against ExxonMobil, seeking damages related to an explosion and fire at the company’s Baytown refinery Dec. 23.
  • April 18, 2022
  • A LaPlace church is suing its out-of-state insurance company for failure to pay for timely repairs the church sustained last year during a double punch from spring winds and flooding and Hurricane Ida at the end of August.
  • April 18, 2022
  • The congregation at First Baptist Church LaPlace longs to return to its spiritual home.
  • April 6, 2022
  • A Louisiana church has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that its insurer failed to adequately cover millions of dollars in property damage resulting from two devastating weather events last year, including Hurricane Ida.
  • April 6, 2022
  • Church Mutual Insurance Company is facing a federal lawsuit, which claims that the company violated a state law wherein insurers are obligated to pay claims within 30 days of proof of loss.
  • February 24, 2022
  • The Electric Reliability Council of Texas does not have sovereign immunity from all lawsuits and the Texas Public Utility Commission does not have exclusive jurisdiction over all claims against ERCOT, according to a ruling by an appeals court this week.
  • February 15, 2022
  • The electricity was still being restored to millions of Texas homes in February 2021 when lawyers raced to file lawsuits seeking billions of dollars from energy companies and regulators they blame for the catastrophic power failure.
  • February 7, 2022
  • The ground had barely thawed and electricity was still being restored to millions of Texas homes last February when lawyers rushed to file lawsuits against energy companies and their regulators seeking billions of dollars for hundreds of businesses, individuals and family estates that suffered damages resulting from Winter Storm Uri.
  • Because Gruden resigned, as opposed to being fired, he will probably be paid an unknown percentage of his remaining salary, said Derek Potts, a sports-contract lawyer in Houston.
  • November 12, 2021
  • Litigators have been busy after nine concertgoers died and hundreds more were injured at the Houston festival last weekend.
  • November 7, 2021
  • “When Travis Scott was starting to come on, the crowd guy even crazier. I mean it was just like nonstop pushing and shoving and people just creating mosh pits for no reason.”
  • Because Gruden resigned, as opposed to being fired, he will probably be paid an unknown percentage of his remaining salary, said Derek Potts, a sports-contract lawyer in Houston.
  • July 21, 2021
  • The lawsuit alleges that a concentrated and highly corrosive mixture of hypochlorite and sulfuric acid was released into a children’s pool area at Hurricane Harbor Splashtown in Spring.
  • July 20, 2021
  • Court documents say a Houston-area mother and her three daughters experienced headaches, skin irritations, and sore throats as a result of the Saturday chemical spill.
  • July 19, 2021
  • Over the weekend, a chemical leak forced the water park to shut down. We’re told at least 86 people were treated by first responders and 31 were rushed to nearby hospitals.
  • July 19, 2021
  • Two days after a chemical leak in a pool at Splashtown, a woman said she is still having trouble breathing and worries about the long-term effects of the exposure.
  • March 8, 2021
  • Texas’ attorney general filed a lawsuit against Griddy Energy and Griddy Holdings for “false, misleading, and deceptive advertising and marketing practices” after the company sent sky-high electricity bills to customers during February’s devastating winter storm.
  • February 25, 2021
  • A Texas woman who received a more than $9,000 power bill this month is suing her electricity provider for price gouging. It is the first such lawsuit after a harrowing week of snow and subfreezing temperatures brought on skyrocketing energy prices for thousands of customers in the state and blackouts for millions of others.
  • February 25, 2021
  • Customers say the retail electricity provider charged them exponentially higher rates during last week’s storm. G says Public Utilities Commission to blame for soaring prices.
  • February 24, 2021
  • A Texas utility customer impacted by the state’s devastating winter storms this month led a $1 billion class-action lawsuit against wholesale electricity retailer Griddy Energy LLC on Monday, accusing the company of “unlawful price gouging.”
  • February 24, 2021
  • While these plans are allowed under state law, the Texas Public Utility Commission said that “an influx of complaints into our Customer Protection Division has caused concerns that questionable business practices might be exacerbating the situation.”
  • February 24, 2021
  • A Texas power retailer was hit with a more than $1 billion lawsuit on Monday filed by Texas residents who accused the company of price gouging in the face of a deadly winter storm that knocked many of the state’s power supply facilities online.
  • February 23, 2021
  • A Chambers County woman has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the electric company, Griddy. According to a news release, Mont Belvieu resident Lisa Khoury said the company engaged in “unlawful price gouging” during last week’s winter storm.
  • February 23, 2021
  • Texas electric retailer Griddy is the target of a class-action lawsuit alleging it price gouged customers after last week’s winter storm knocked out power across the state.
  • February 23, 2021
  • In the aftermath of an unprecedented winter storm that left millions of Texas residents without access to power for several days, one of the state’s largest electricity retailer is facing a class-action lawsuit that seeks roughly $1 billion to compensate customers affected by surging prices that came alongside the inclement weather.
  • November 7, 2021
  • Legal liabilities will reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars for the producers, promoters, performers and subcontractors — including security firms — of the Astroworld Festival following the deaths of eight people and injuries of at least two dozen others, legal experts predicted Saturday.
  • July 21, 2021
  • Thirty-five more families have reached out to one law firm seeking legal action against Splashtown regarding a chemical spill over the weekend.
  • July 19, 2021
  • A Houston mother of three who says her children were injured in Saturday’s chemical spill at Hurricane Harbor Splashtown has filed a lawsuit against the park’s operators.
  • July 19, 2021
  • The lawsuit alleges the woman’s three daughters, all under the age of 13, developed headaches, skin irritations and sore threats due to the chemical spill at the water park and despite what was happening, her family was not immediately evacuated.
  • July 19, 2021
  • A woman has sued Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown over the chemical exposure that sent dozens of people to the hospital on Saturday.
  • July 19, 2021
  • The mother of three children injured in Saturday’s chemical spill at a Houston-area water park has filed a lawsuit against the park’s operators.
  • February 26, 2021
  • A Texas woman who was hit with a $9,000 power bill this month has sued her electricity provider for price gouging in a case that highlights the risks some consumers face in the state’s deregulated energy market.
  • February 26, 2021
  • The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages Texas’ power grid and has received massive backlash for their actions during last week’s winter storm, has revoked electricity provider Griddy’s rights to operate due to a “payment breach.”
  • February 25, 2021
  • A $1 billion class-action lawsuit has been filed against Texas wholesale electricity retailer Griddy Energy for allegedly charging exorbitant prices during last week’s historic storm that left millions powerless in the freezing cold.
  • February 25, 2021
  • A Texas woman has filed a proposed billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against electric company Griddy Energy that alleges the company engaged in unlawful price gouging during last week’s statewide winter storm and power outages, according to a statement from the law firm.
  • February 23, 2021
  • A Texas power provider that dramatically jacked up electricity prices during the recent blackouts and plunging temperatures was hit with a $1 billion class action lawsuit accusing it of cashing in on a natural disaster.
  • February 23, 2021
  • After a record-breaking winter storm devastated Texas last week, the wholesale power retailer Griddy could be in hot water thanks to a lawsuit filed in Houston.
  • February 23, 2021
  • Already facing complaints of massive bills during last week’s winter storm, Texas electricity provider Griddy is now the subject of a proposed class action lawsuit seeking monetary relief of more than $1 billion.
  • February 23, 2021
  • A Chambers County resident filed a class-action lawsuit against electricity retailer Griddy on Monday, accusing the provider of price gouging customers during last week’s freeze. She is seeking $1 billion in relief for affected customers.
  • February 23, 2021
  • After receiving a $9,340 electric bill, a Chambers County woman has filed lawsuit against Griddy, alleging that the power company price gouged her and others during last week’s statewide winter storm and power outages.
  • February 26, 2021
  • A class-action lawsuit filed against embattled wholesale electricity provider Griddy seeks more than $1 billion due to the Texas company’s alleged “price gouging” that caused “economic and mental anguish.”

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