Texas Oil and Gas Agency Not Planning to Require Winterizing Equipment Despite Failure? - 2021

Climate Change, Anthropocene, & Associated Issues / Weather and Atmospheric Issues

Rachel Maddow shares a report on how much more Texans have paid for energy because of its deregulated electricity market, and the agency that controls the state's oil and gas industry reportedly has no plans to require winterizing equipment despite the deadly failure of that equipment to operate in the cold. 

Follow-up on Texas freeze up. A few days after the Texas' power crisis, Chuck Todd asks Rep. McCaul (R-Texas) if "it is time for Texas to join the national grid when it comes to power?" See what he says:

https://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/mccaul-would-have-been-helpful-to-tap-into-other-grids-during-texas-power-crisis-101655621904