Snow-covered roads at the Highlands at Westridge Community in McKinney, Texas, following a freezing winter storm. (Photo: Jiujiuer/Shutterstock)

Texas power providers the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and Energy Corporation have been slammed with a $100 million lawsuit accusing the company of gross negligence in the death of an 11-year-old child. The child's family claims he suffered from hypothermia after the mobile home where he lived lost electricity and heat during a freezing winter storm that caused power grid failures across Texas.

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