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Updated: 6:45 PM CST February 24, 2021 DALLAS — On Thursday morning, 33 Texas lawmakers will gather at the state capitol to start investigating the deadly power outages that happened last week and how to prevent Texas’ energy infrastructure from failing again. “We’re going to talk about winterization. What does that mean and how much does that cost,” asked state Rep. Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth, in an interview with WFAA on Wednesday. Goldman chairs the Texas House Committee on Energy Resources, which is one of two committees meeting in that chamber on Thursday. Exec...

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