The legislation, however, appears to have done little to push state regulators towards learning from their past mistakes. Despite a decade to act, state regulators repeatedly failed to ensure that utilities had winterized their power plants properly. “While the issues that are plaguing our electric grid system in this disastrous winter storm are complex, I am extremely frustrated that ten years later our electric grid remains so ill-equipped for these weather events,” Hegar stated following the storm last month. Paperwork failures worsened Texas blackouts, sparking mid-storm scramble to restore critical fuel supply