Part of the problem is that Texas can handle it fine. Ercot (5 of the members aren't even Texas residents) have to get permission from the feds to increase their production because it would violate pollution restrictions. Granted some of the weather did catch some behind but the weather was so unusual. Not much different than 90 degree temps making people up north thinking the world is ending. Some good lessons were learned, namely what Ercot is really doing and who all has control in the decision making. With TEXIT becoming so popular this was good timing for those lessons as well. Texans also got first hand knowledge that wind and solar should supplement, not backup.
I don't need or want a fema generator although I paid for it. I don't want or need guvment cheese even though I paid for it. All I want is for Ercot's yankee board members to get fucked and be replaced by Texans. I want Texas to ignore begging the feds to increase their output and crank up the electricity. I want to build about 4 more nuclear reactors, keep coal and gas as a reliable backup. If they want to keep the windmills and solar to teach the kids stuff, fine but they aren't reliable during hard times and should only be used as a supplement.
Actually, I am grateful that it was sleet and snow. Our forecast was for freezing rain and didn't get it. That would have been a whole new level of fucked. If power lines would have went down due to ice then the week without electricity could have easily been a month or more.