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In fairness, Texas didn't normally see sub-zero winter weather, even before climate change started ratcheting things up.
But also, that statewide prolonged blackout was more the consequence of poorly constructed gas generator plants trying to squeeze the wholesale price of electricity in the state. They waited so long to turn on that their un-weathered pipes froze. And then the strain on the grid took down tens of millions in infrastructure.
But don't worry. The state bailed out all the corporate entities and guaranteed a bunch of grant money for weatherizing, so that rigging the wholesale electricity markets will never cause this kind of tragedy to happen again.
Also, funnily enough, we've had a bumper crop of solar and wind power since then. And the fact that we can't toggle these power sources on and off has neutered a lot of the profit-squeezing that gas plants used to exploit.