That's interesting, I didn't realize that ERCOT can be seen as a sort of hands-tied midpoint between possibly under-regulated energy inputs and the various energy consumers. The slide shown in the thread seems to indicate that weatherization is a widely-varying standard with little effective regulation...quite lax from a contingency POV.
I wonder what the cost of proper winterizing would be verses the cost of what endless lawsuits and forced refunds due to price gouging will be?