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The Texas rolling-blackout crisis was entirely man-made. A 2011 report from federal regulators warned that the Texas power grid was very vulnerable to cold weather failure. But Texas created its own grid largely to avoid federal regulation. Now, Texas officials want federal help that would be entirely unnecessary if the grid was federally regulated. It's a lot like investment banks lobbying against federal regulation, then taking enormous and irresponsible risks. What could go wrong