This week, too many Texans were stuck shivering inside our homes, wondering how our state’s electric system could fail so massively. Who’s to blame? And more important, how do we make sure this doesn’t happen again? Kaiba White deals with energy policy for Public Citizen Texas, a nonprofit that advocates for consumer issues. She spoke to us from her home in Austin, where her own pipes were frozen.

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