A Houston-area family whose son died during an extended power outage is suing their electricity provider and the agency that oversees most of Texas’ energy grid. The family of Cristian Pavon say he died at age 11 because of negligence.
The family lives in Conroe, a city about 45 miles north of central Houston. Like millions of other people in Texas, they were forced to live without power as a wave of record-setting cold temperatures created chaos and life-threatening conditions across the state.
Cristian Pavon died last Tuesday, when the local temperature in Conroe had dropped to 12 degrees, according to Jaliza Yera, a relative who set up a fundraising page for his parents. At the time, the family’s home had been without electricity for two days, Yera said.
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