What Quagmire said is correct. Apparently, it isn't so much an "outage" issue as a "generation" issue. Because of current weather and load requirements, their grid is overloaded. Thus, they have
instituted rotating outages. That means the power is out over here, and then it's out over there. Everybody gets some, just not everybody all at once.
Texas did not want to take part in federal interstate regulations, so they decided not to connect to the national grid. That is their right as a state, and I support that right. But, rights come with responsibilities, and one of those responsibilities is to be prepared for power outages. They aren't, so they're cold. *shrug*