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It's not just about reserve capacity, ERCOT was warned about insufficient winterization after the last power grid failure due to cold weather, they just didn't act on it. Should the Texas government have mandated improvements at that time? Absolutely. Do I still believe that ERCOT has at least some blood on their hands because they knew about the problem and chose not to fix it despite the hardship it could cause their customer base? Absolutely.
Also I have seen the practical engineering video, love that guy.
Unless I am missing something, ERCOT is a distributor. They don't own the power plants and would have hard time forcing power plant owners to make those improvements without government mandate, no? Or does ERCOT already make similar regulations for plants?
My understanding is that ERCOT manages the reliability of the entire grid. I won't pretend to understand the exact nature of their purview and powers, but I'll defer to what Abott describes as their role in this incident:
And the statement from ERCOT
Admittedly, I don't know the extent of ERCOTs control over the individual companies that manage the generators or infrastructure of the power grid, but it does appear they had enough oversight to claim that the grid could weather another storm, which it could not.
Source: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/18/greg-abbott-winter-storm/
Well, even if they had no power to do anything, saying things have been fixed and are fine should make them liable. How should anyone (legislature, public) work on fixing the issue if they hide it? They should be the ones raising the issue in the first place.