The mainstream press has missed the most important causes of the Texas blackouts, turning what should be one of the greatest lessons in energy policy into a grand misinformation campaign. The experts at the Texas Public Policy Foundation warned of the inevitability of the blackouts for years, and lay out the truth about what happened and what must happen to prevent deadly power outages in the future. Information has surfaced to show that decision-makers, some of them not evens Texans, cut power first to the Permian Basin - one of the top energy production regions on earth that is critical to powering the state. This blunder triggered others. “Unreliables” (wind and solar) were no-shows, a major problem when the planning relied on their contributions.