Link: http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2021/02/texas-perfect-storm-how-third-of-lone.html
Freezing temperatures knocked a third of the state's generating capacity offline, greatest forced blackout in U.S. history. Texas the only contiguous state with its own power grid, not linked to other states so cannot borrow power from them, a system the state implemented to avoid federal regulation. The unique system, avoids regulation in favor of market incentives, facing backlash for allowing power generators to shirk preparations for a once-in-a-decade winter storm.