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Let's roll back in time. In 1935, as the federal government moved to regulate electricity sales across state lines, Texas opted to fend for itself and avoid regulation. Fast forward a few years and ERCOT was created to manage our state grid independently from federal regulators. So when the winter storm Uri of February 2021 hit, our neighbors in Oklahoma also had blackouts, but for an hour or two since they could pull power from elsewhere. A decade ago, when a similar storm caused similar problems, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission called on Texas to winterize its natural-gas facilities. But Texas’s grid, since it is independent, is not subject to federal oversight. Winterization didn't happen much even after Uri and on the night of February 14th, as temperatures dipped and Texans cranked up their electric heaters, demand surged beyond the worst-case expectation of sixty-seven gigawatts, as estimated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (not so reliable after all eh?). The grid can typically generate around ninety gigawatts of power, but nearly half that was unavailable due to the natural gas failure. Now we get to our other issue, the Railroad Commission who primarily oversees and “regulates” our natural gas. They have no interest in fines or putting in rules for some of the state’s biggest industries. The cost? Russell Gold pointed out, in Texas Monthly, winterizing all the wells in Texas would cost up to two hundred million dollars annually according to some estimates, equivalent to one or two days of revenue for the gas industry, which profited enormously from Uri-related price surges. And recently the gas price jump for vehicles has been a warning of what happens when there is a shortage. About 42% of our grid is fueled from natural gas electricity prices are guaranteed to go up. Now back to solar, because it offers a three-fold solution. Own your power, take a load off the grid and save your money.