“But it seems that for whatever technical reason, Texas’ gas and nuclear plants also were not equipped to deal with historical cold weather.”
How often has Texas had weather like this?
I’m thinking if it’s a hundred year storm or a two or three hundred year storm, perhaps planning for it and spending money for something that may or may not happen, may not be wise. Of course when it does happen then there’s lots of quarterbacking. ie, does Maine plan for a heat wave of over a hundred degrees? Of course Maine can get electricity from sources outside the state so it’s probably a moot question.
“nuclear plants also were not equipped to deal with historical cold weather.”
I think that’s false. If anyone thinks it’s true then they need to explain in detail why cold weather shut the nuclear plants down.