ERCOT faces class-action lawsuit, resignations in wake of Texas power outages On Location: Feb. 24, 2021 Replay Video UP NEXT Texas’ embattled power grid operator is facing lawsuits and resignations after more than 4 million customers lost electricity last week during a deadly winter storm. Morgan & Morgan, a Florida-based national law firm with over 700 attorneys, filed a class-action lawsuit on Tuesday against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), alleging that the nonprofit corporation "utterly failed" to plan for the cold weather despite multiple warnings, leading to the collapse of its electrical network and resulting in widespread blackouts.MORE: Family of 11-year-old boy who died in Texas deep freeze files $100 million suit against power companies