Does Texas' Failed Power Grid Change Outlook on Moving There?

Texas resident here w/ no connection to the power industry, but I'm not sure I would call it a failure of our grid. Texas is the largest producer of energy in the United States in fossil fuels, wind, and solar. We are the only state to have our own grid[0] and we have an open electric market with competition for consumer and business electric generation.

The dependence on wind turned out to be a vulnerability with ice (something I didn't know until recently) and the lack of high-capacity interconnections with the other two grids that serve the rest of the country also makes it harder for Texas to get extra power in these kinds of situations, but I think that's fixable -- and it probably will be fixed after this.

Frozen generating stations[1] and frozen roads that keep crews from fixing stuff are also factors. Most Texas businesses aren't setup for this kind of weather since we don't normally have it.

[0] https://www.khou.com/article/weather/texplainer-why-does-tex...

[1] https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/how-long-do-ro...

To me this is a feature not a bug. I prefer to develop my own sustainability than to have it poorly applied for me (as done in high regulation states).

If I were to live in Texas I'd at the minimum be considering home solar, a TSLA wall or similar, huge investments in home insulation.

I know not everyone has that option, but I'd at least invite cold people over for dinner and some jumping jacks to keep warm :)

Texas is a low-service state with even less accountability than CA. No one will lose their job over this and no one will really investigate. Oncor/Ercot are acting like outages are just hours long and 4 different contacts there have been out for nearly a day. Their pipes are probably going to freeze in another day. They're on their own.