Texas has endured two powerful winter storms in the last couple of years. The 2021 winter storm brought unprecedented cold weather, over 200 fatalities, and billions of dollars of damage. Blizzards were accompanied by plummeting temperatures that reached as low as five degrees Fahrenheit (-15 degrees Celsius). The U.S. National Weather Service reported almost nine days of extreme winter weather warnings. The cold snap froze vital equipment in the natural gas industry, halting production at some wells. Some natural gas power plants couldn’t operate, either, reducing the electricity supply. Wind turbine blades also froze, further hampering electricity generation capacity. As people stayed home and tried to keep warm, the Texas power grid couldn’t meet demand. The result was more than 4,000 outages that left more than 4.5 million people without power for up to four days, all during freezing temperatures. People with electric heaters had no way to keep warm, with many dying of hypothermia or frostbite. More than 14 million people in cities including Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, had to boil drinking and cooking water. People on variable-rate energy plans saw electricity prices explode and received enormous bills. Pre-storm prices of 12 cents per kilowatt-hour climbed to $9 per kilowatt-hour, leaving some with utility arrears in the thousands of dollars.