A nationwide snowstorm set daily record lows earlier this week, sending unprepared cities into chaos. In Texas, the unexpected freezing temperatures shut power down for millions of residents, extending what were expected to be short-rolling blackouts into days-long outages. Politico’s Eric Wolff explains why the Lone Star state ran out of power when residents needed it most. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy. Eric Wolff is an energy reporter for POLITICO. Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.