CenterPoint sued over Houston power outages caused by Hurricane Beryl

A group of Houston restaurants that lost power for days after Hurricane Beryl have sued the city’s main utility, accusing CentrePoint Energy Inc. for failing to invest sufficiently in infrastructure and responding to widespread power outages.

The lawsuit, filed by several restaurants and restaurant groups in state court in Houston, claims CenterPoint failed to adequately plan for the storm and failed to make “reasonable power restoration efforts” after customers lost power. The companies are seeking unspecified damages to cover the costs of business interruption, property damage and repairs, lost profits and other expenses.

“All of the restaurants that filed suit initially lost power due to a…