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Texas Family Sues Power Provider, Utility Overseer After Son Dies In Freezing Weather

Cristian Pavon died last Tuesday, when the local temperature was 12 degrees, according to a relative who set up a fundraising page for his family.
Cristian Pavon's family says negligence caused his death last week at age 11. Their home had been without power for two days as extreme cold hit Texas, a relative says. Here, an electrical substation is seen in Houston on Sunday.

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

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