The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
To summarize:<p>* Texas&#x27;s power providers were not adequately winterized.<p>* The regulatory standards of the larger grids would not have caused them to be so, even if they were subject to them.<p>* Nearby states suffered outages due to the cold as well, even though they&#x27;re connected to the larger grids.<p>* It is unlikely that Texas could have made up the loss in generation power -- estimated to be as much as ~45GW at times -- by drawing on the other states. States near to Texas don&#x27;t generate nearly as much power and power is not like sunshine, diffusing evenly over the grid from every point.<p>Texas regulators and indeed other regulators need to pursue more rigorous winterization in the southern states.