Texas Grid's Test: Legal Lessons from Winter Storms and Future Policy Challenges

Texas's power grid successfully weathered a recent winter storm, but questions remain about its long-term reliability and the adequacy of post-2021 legislative reforms. The article highlights legal implications of past failures, focusing on regulatory gaps in weatherization mandates, the ongoing challenge of transparency in energy infrastructure, and the public policy debate around funding future grid expansion to meet rapidly increasing demand from new industries like AI data centers.