Power Out Map
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Power outage history

Texas

9.0hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 7th of 51.

Largest outage on record Winter storm, February 15, 2021 3,790,308 customers out · 27% of the state
Electricity customers 13,966,621 Across 254 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2024 24 hours without power, average customer

County by county

Where Texas goes dark

Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.

Fewer hours64+ h / yr

Most hours without power

  1. 1Loving270 h
  2. 2Hudspeth99 h
  3. 3Edwards82 h
  4. 4Austin78 h
  5. 5Waller60 h
  6. 6Trinity50 h
  7. 7Terrell49 h
  8. 8King48 h
  9. 9Kenedy46 h
  10. 10Marion46 h

Most reliable

  1. 1Fayette0.7 h
  2. 2Coleman1.4 h
  3. 3Bailey1.4 h
  4. 4Guadalupe1.5 h
  5. 5Lubbock1.5 h

Year by year

Hours in the dark, statewide

0 10 20 30 ’15 ’16 ’17 2.3 ’18 4.7 ’19 5.2 ’20 20 ’21 3.8 ’22 7.8 ’23 24 ’24 4.5 ’25 US 6.6

The record

Texas's largest outages

Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.

BeganStormPeak outShare
Feb 15, 2021 Winter storm 3,790,308 27.1%
Jul 8, 2024 Hurricane Beryl 2,696,336 19.3%
May 28, 2024 Thunderstorms 862,618 6.2%
May 16, 2024 Thunderstorms 787,033 5.6%
Sep 14, 2021 Hurricane Nicholas 480,624 3.4%
Feb 1, 2023 Winter storm 444,493 3.2%
Jun 21, 2023 Thunderstorms 435,486 3.1%
Mar 4, 2025 Thunderstorms 410,816 2.9%
Jun 9, 2019 Thunderstorms 384,428 2.8%
Mar 2, 2023 Thunderstorms 335,164 2.4%
Oct 28, 2021 Windstorm 300,340 2.1%
Aug 27, 2020 Hurricane Laura 299,096 2.1%

Every county

All 254 counties

CountyHours / yrMajor outages since 2018Customers
Loving 270 309 33
Hudspeth 99 78 1,141
Edwards 82 283 424
Austin 78 143 9,780
Waller 60 102 18,532
Trinity 50 202 6,541
Terrell 49 85 643
King 48 40 119
Kenedy 46 194 233
Marion 46 116 5,005
Leon 45 135 7,489
Colorado 42 80 8,146
Culberson 38 99 1,000
San Jacinto 37 111 11,376
Glasscock 37 192 931
Chambers 36 30 26,381
Wharton 36 43 23,775
Irion 35 98 969
Franklin 33 75 5,481
Borden 33 215 408
San Augustine 32 21 5,144
Dimmit 31 67 3,368
Wood 31 110 16,030
Upshur 31 57 18,224
Briscoe 30 87 589

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities in Texas

Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.

UtilityTypeOutage min / yrExcl. major storms¢/kWhCustomers
Reliant Energy Retail Services Retail Power Marketer – – 18.4 1.5M
TXU Energy Retail Co, LLC Retail Power Marketer – – 19.4 1.4M
City of San Antonio Municipal 111 75 12.4 889k
Austin Energy Municipal 182 77 13.1 522k
Entergy Texas Inc. Investor Owned 403 305 13.9 469k
Just Energy Retail Power Marketer – – 16.9 438k
Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 90 78 12.8 421k
US Retailers, LLC Retail Power Marketer – – 15.8 417k
Ambit Energy Holdings, LLC Retail Power Marketer – – 19.7 365k
El Paso Electric Co Investor Owned 55 55 13.9 320k
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 49 37 13.2 311k
Gexa Energy, LP Retail Power Marketer – – 17.4 311k
Green Mountain Energy Company Retail Power Marketer – – 18.5 274k
Direct Energy Services Retail Power Marketer – – 17.3 259k
Value Based Brands LLC Retail Power Marketer – – 17.1 245k