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Texas lawmakers have been critical of CenterPoint Energy's decision to lease a fleet of massive generators for $800 million that have mostly sat idle since Hurricane Beryl .
They helped push through two new laws which made it easier for CenterPoint to acquire generators and harder for regulators to scrutinize the costs.
Lawmakers enabled the utility to acquire the generators and pass the costs off to consumers.
Texas utility CenterPoint says it leases $800 million in mobile generators after Winter Storm Uri in 2021 .
Lawmaker says CenterPoint told her it would be the quickest way to get power back to constituents after a power outage.
Utility says it didn't use a competitive bidding process to procure the generators.
CenterPoint Houston deployed one of its five-megawatt generators to power a cooling center during 2021 ’s Hurricane Nicholas .
A judge ruled that the utility shouldn’t pass on any of the $200 million generator costs to ratepayers.
Critics immediately protested, saying it was too costly to invest in new expensive generators.
The PUC eventually approved CenterPoint to recoup the money from ratepayers in a 4 -1 vote.
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