Even just the first two google results paint a very different picture, so please bring evidence if you throw around accusations of lying. https://www.texastrib

Even just the first two google results paint a very different picture, so please bring evidence if you throw around accusations of lying. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/18/texas-winter-storm-blackouts-paperwork/ https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/18/texas-winter-storm-b... > That meant that Oncor, which delivers power to the Permian Basin — the state’s most productive oil and natural gas basin — had unwittingly shut off some of the state’s power supply when it followed orders to begin the outages. > When Texas deregulated its electricity market in the early 2000s, making supply and demand the primary forces for the price of power and increasing competition, wholesale power prices fell. That made it cheaper to electrify natural gas compressor stations and other equipment rather than the traditional method of using the natural gas produced in the field to run the compressor’s turbines or engines, energy experts said. https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/032421-texas-politicians-vow-fix-for-loophole-that-kept-natural-gas-facilities-offline https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-ne... > Much the the state's natural gas production and processing were struggling during the storm even before they lost power because of the weather, causing problems at the wellhead and the plants. But the failures were exacerbated by widespread power outages in the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale, creating gaps where the gas could not be delivered to the gas-fired power plants that desperately needed supplies to generate electricity. > At the peak, more than half of the state's natural gas supplies were knocked offline by power losses, according to ERCOT, causing at least 20% of the total power outages during the week.