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2019 Texas Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Texas customer went without power for about 4.9 hours — the 13th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
4.9
Peak customers out
313,327
Rank (worst state)
13th
Counties affected
20

Texas outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2019 highlighted.

1.9h20151.2h20161.6h20172.4h20184.9h20195.3h202021.0h20214.0h20228.1h202325.5h20244.6h2025

Hardest-hit Texas counties in 2019

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Dallas County313,3272Tarrant County73,0793Bexar County55,1674Gregg County48,3695Jefferson County40,2566Harris County37,1237Denton County33,4928Tom Green County28,1159Hidalgo County26,53210Montgomery County25,71511Collin County24,37412Wood County23,44013Travis County18,80914Van Zandt County18,44915McLennan County18,02616Williamson County15,96617Cameron County15,67818Aransas County15,54519El Paso County15,15920Henderson County14,482

Biggest Texas outages of 2019

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Dallas CountyMay 28, 2019313,327
Dallas CountyOctober 17, 201983,944
Tarrant CountyJune 15, 201973,079
Dallas CountyMarch 10, 201960,606
Bexar CountyJune 6, 201955,167
Tarrant CountyMarch 10, 201953,772
Gregg CountyAugust 18, 201948,369
Jefferson CountyMay 10, 201940,256
Gregg CountyMay 8, 201939,042
Harris CountyMay 19, 201937,123
Texas by year:20252024202320222021202020182017
Other states in 2019:WVNCMILACAVT

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.