The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
To summarize:* Texas's power providers were not adequately winterized.* The regulatory standards of the larger grids would not have caused them to be so, even if they were subject to them.* Nearby states suffered outages due to the cold as well, even though they're connected to the larger grids.* 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't generate nearly as much power and power is not like sunshine, diffusing evenly over the grid from every point.Texas regulators and indeed other regulators need to pursue more rigorous winterization in the southern states.