Texas is now installing more solar generation than gas. And doing it with storage.
Solar, wind and batteries expected to outpace new gas-powered generation in Texas
I found a device invented to help people have power in bad weather:
And another:
I'm a mechanical moron, but I saw a video this morning of a guy who says his family was victimized by weather and the local power plant one time, and he decided to find a way to keep his family in power if they were ever threatened again on the coldest days of the year when the power went down for over a week. He was a teacher or something, but not in science, so he and an engineering friend went through his deceased uncle's genius work notes on how to make power from next to nothing that will not present a danger to family children and pets. I couldn't afford to pay for his system of books and cannot remember much about him but the story he told about being stranded in suburbia in Mississippi, threatened by high waters and severe winter weather when the power went out, and his daughter's words about being cold and just wishing for a bowl of hot soup, drove him to tears and a determination to fix the powerless situation his family was in.
If this can help any of you save the 60% off power bills to help you raise your family, maybe my search will help you. I shake with a screwdriver in hand, and some things I just won't do. Best of good luck to yas.