For years and years GOP policies in the state have led to an apparent reduction in costs for utilities but, in actuality, what was actually being skimped on was

For years and years GOP policies in the state have led to an apparent reduction in costs for utilities but, in actuality, what was actually being skimped on was the system resiliency. Spending money on maintaining and improving infrastructure is always important and it requires a constant supply of revenue to ensure that utilities are able to withstand events such as these. Additionally - a lack of regulation heavily failed Texans. There are ways to weatherize wind turbines to operate in the cold properly but Texas long ago stripped these away. This is a tragedy and many folks in Texas are feeling a lot of pain right now, it's not the time to guilt over politics but it is a good time to realize that moving forward social services do need more a reasonable level of support.