Natural Gas Companies Dismissed from Winter Storm Uri Lawsuits

The Texas judge handling more than 100 personal injury, wrongful death and property damage lawsuits brought by hundreds of plaintiffs against scores of energy companies related to Winter Storm Uri has dismissed the allegations against more than 60 natural gas companies in four of those cases.

Judge Sylvia Matthews ruled Jan. 26 that natural gas companies such as Anadarko, Apache, Atmos, Comstock, El Paso, Energy Transfer, Kinder Morgan and XTO will not have to stand trial for any damage or deaths caused by power outages during the four days in February 2021 in which Texas was hit with record cold temperatures and sleet and snow.