Haha I don't live in Texas and it always did seem strange to have key infrastructure privatized in the way that they did.

To be fair, however, almost no community is ready for the effects of climate change (despite the reporting). In fact, most people have trouble with statistically rare events, so it doesn't surprise me. It's hard to say whether a government-managed endeavor would have been more prepared if I'm being completely honest.

Pretty sure I've made this comment before but one of the main reasons Texas runs its own grid is to avoid the need to meet federal regulations, which ironically and also unsurprisingly, contain winterization guidelines.

I did not know that! Very interesting! Although, I do think that having some differentiation makes sense.

For example, I'm sure Vermont's winterization needs would look very different than Texas'.