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by tstrimple 1390 days ago
This is borderline misinformation. It's well known that the Texas grid suffers because of budget conscious corner cutting that the choice of technologies powering the state. It was actually natural gas power generation which failed due to the cold because Texas decided to save some money during construction.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-wind-turbines-...