Former Texas Republican Gov. and former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry famously, or infamously, said “Texans would be without electricity for longer than three days to keep the federal government out of their business,” at the beginning of the electricity and water debacle that struck the Lone Star State last week. “Try not to let whatever the crisis of the day is take your eye off of having a resilient grid that keeps America safe personally, economically, and strategically.”
Well, the situation in Texas, which didn’t winterize its energy grid after a similar experience in 2011, is affecting…
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