“Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”
What PolitiFact found
A federal report following a massive power outage in Texas in February 2011 stated that recommendations to winterize the system following a 1989 cold weather event were not mandatory, and implementation lapsed.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Beto O'Rourke (former Texas Congressman) made this claim around 16 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 February 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Beto O'Rourke has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
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