Texas is not part of the USA power grid. They have their own independent grid because they did not want to comply with all regulations of the national grid. If they followed the regulations of the national grid, they would not be in the mess they are now.Bloomberg:
""Don’t point too many fingers at Texas wind turbines, because they’re Not the main reason broad swaths of the state have been plunged into darkness.
While ice has forced some turbines to shut down just as a brutal cold wave drives record electricity demand, that’s been the Least significant factor in the blackouts, according to Dan Woodfin, a senior director for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state’s power grid."...."