Central Texan chiming in. We have entire cities and towns down here that do not have any water. Not, "boil your water before use"...(we have those, too). No. Water. Millions across the state still without power into the foreseeable future. Heads need to roll. ERCOT heads, specifically. None of this had to happen the way it's happening. Failure to require power providers to maintain a modicum of sound infrastructure. Failure to winterize the grid. Failure to accept responsibility. Fucking Failure after Failure after Failure. Every weather forecast has been wrong. The frozen precip and cold just keep on comin'. Texas has our own grid and is the single largest producer of energy of all 50 states and we can't keep the goddamn lights on? And Fuckwits are trying to blame frozen wind turbines in Big Springs and Sweetwater for this? There are functioning wind farms in Antarctica, so go fuck yourself with the "it's too cold" horseshit. I would hope that with The State Lege being currently in session that substantive changes will be made. But I doubt it. Time will tell. Not to worry. The Texas Public Utility Commission had an emergency meeting night before last and arrived at the conclusion that energy costs need to reflect current demand so power providers are to jack up their prices forthwith. Shady election, an inability to maintain the most basic architecture and infrastructure of a functioning civil society and government sanctioned price gouging. These things should disabuse anyone still suffering under the delusion that the Political Class gives a solitary fuck about the citizenry of continuing to harbor such antiquated and quaint notions. Move over, Third World. Big Dog's movin' in.