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2021 Texas Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Texas customer went without power for about 20.0 hours, the 5th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
20.0
vs prior year
▲ 295%
vs 2020
Customer-hours out
274.9M
Peak customers out
3,787,625
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
94%
of TX customers
Counties reporting
252

Texas year over year

Texas: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.9h; 2016: 1.2h; 2017: 1.6h; 2018: 2.3h, coverage 90%; 2019: 4.9h, coverage 93%; 2020: 5.1h, coverage 63%; 2021: 20.0h, coverage 94%; 2022: 4.0h, coverage 93%; 2023: 8.0h; 2024: 24.4h; 2025: 4.6h01020300%50%100%1.9h20151.2h20161.6h20172.3h20184.9h20195.1h202020.0h20214.0h20228.0h202324.4h20244.6h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2021

Customer-hours without power across Texas; February was the worst.

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Texas customer-hours without power by month, 2021Jan 6.8M, Feb 215.7M, Mar 3.1M, Apr 3.5M, May 8.5M, Jun 4.7M, Jul 4.1M, Aug 3.9M, Sep 13.4M, Oct 6.6M, Nov 2.5M, Dec 2.1M0100M200M300M6.8MJan215.7MFeb3.1MMar3.5MApr8.5MMay4.7MJun4.1MJul3.9MAug13.4MSep6.6MOct2.5MNov2.1MDec
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All 252 Texas counties, 2021

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Robertson County180.7498K2,7552,755767
2Limestone County164.0696K4,2414,241724
3Austin County149.71.5M9,7809,780354
4Real County128.0159K1,2391,239241
5Waller County120.82.2M18,53218,532294
6Gillespie County118.02.0M17,0229,335634
7Irion County116.5113K969969101
8Sutton County115.491K787787265
9Leon County114.8860K7,4897,489703
10Wharton County112.12.7M23,77523,775315
11Colorado County110.8903K8,1468,146610
12Bandera County107.7161K1,4951,495534
13Madison County104.5230K2,2032,203566
14Glasscock County104.397K931931503
15Pecos County101.1187K1,8461,846440
16Duval County97.5452K4,6334,633580
17Matagorda County94.31.6M17,11917,119773
18Burleson County91.1196K2,1552,155630
19Live Oak County87.6312K3,5623,562604
20Kinney County85.9103K1,1931,09789
21Lavaca County84.8184K2,1652,165366
22Mason County82.9234K2,8182,818308
23Llano County82.0807K9,8389,838747
24Falls County81.8340K4,1564,156494
25Medina County81.61.3M15,80615,806744
26La Salle County77.6213K2,7492,749464
27Brazoria County76.911.1M144,164144,164145
28Comanche County75.6555K7,3367,336631
29Goliad County74.8170K2,2692,269346
30Taylor County74.31.4M18,70318,703839
31Trinity County72.2472K6,5416,205670
32Grimes County69.6218K3,1313,131890
33Knox County68.438K551551288
34Uvalde County68.1573K8,4188,418655
35Aransas County64.8777K11,99111,991697
36Edwards County64.2300K4,6643,185333
37Sterling County62.875K1,197967156
38Zapata County61.3492K8,0256,300407
39Galveston County61.38.9M144,421144,421341
40Kenedy County60.921K353353107
41Menard County60.369K1,1421,142229
42Lee County60.3134K2,2232,223557
43Freestone County59.4529K8,9155,683575
44San Jacinto County59.3318K5,3555,355846
45Houston County57.3669K11,6829,214672
46Coke County56.884K1,4871,487224
47Chambers County56.31.5M26,38126,381806
48Reagan County56.0120K2,1481,894431
49Reeves County54.794K1,7241,527527
50Cooke County54.5919K16,85215,729590
51Haskell County54.083K1,5291,529369
52Calhoun County51.2573K11,2036,838485
53Eastland County50.9473K9,2787,857645
54Kimble County50.7106K2,0992,099332
55Bastrop County50.4899K17,82817,828957
56Refugio County49.6169K3,4012,114482
57Callahan County49.5187K3,7793,715539
58Val Verde County48.9917K18,75712,769563
59Stephens County47.6227K4,7774,777418
60Martin County47.5183K3,8613,726606
61Nacogdoches County46.61.9M40,98916,762741
62Frio County45.9328K7,1465,892604
63Angelina County45.72.2M47,17827,187850
64Throckmorton County45.527K582582120
65Upton County44.8114K2,5422,232443
66Bosque County44.6329K7,3897,002442
67Kerr County44.51.8M39,84224,388691
68Concho County41.764K1,545985217
69Hardeman County39.644K1,1101,110275
70San Patricio County39.51.4M35,66721,381739
71Jim Wells County39.4694K17,61215,628647
72Coryell County39.41.0M26,48515,160557
73Archer County37.7127K3,3863,386353
74Blanco County37.2197K5,2975,297409
75Jones County36.8192K5,2014,702423
76Burnet County36.4492K13,53713,537745
77Walker County36.1598K16,57012,121983
78Brooks County36.0111K3,0923,092420
79Liberty County36.01.6M44,18928,618696
80Red River County34.8249K7,1613,663264
81Mitchell County34.7168K4,8562,611449
82Maverick County34.0997K29,32712,629534
83Jeff Davis County33.594K2,7991,487150
84Montague County31.5261K8,3033,066473
85Jackson County31.1189K6,0904,060344
86Childress County30.976K2,4512,451215
87Montgomery County30.77.1M230,040135,412267
88Loving County30.521K675353188
89Travis County30.019.3M641,926273,849704
90Somervell County29.6159K5,3513,075247
91Tyler County29.5132K4,4783,412757
92Palo Pinto County29.3350K11,9656,836657
93Tom Green County29.21.7M58,38128,680168
94Bee County28.4290K10,1877,528737
95Parker County28.32.5M87,47637,290960
96Dawson County28.3231K8,1735,739469
97Brazos County28.22.1M73,98244,703612
98Cherokee County28.1836K29,70812,169875
99Bell County28.04.8M171,22553,031729
100San Saba County27.6103K3,7291,784265
101Rusk County27.2724K26,57112,312847
102Marion County27.2136K5,0055,005438
103Dimmit County26.589K3,3682,062425
104Washington County26.4338K12,8246,069783
105Anderson County26.1756K29,0008,881840
106Nueces County26.14.2M162,26753,743467
107Brewster County26.0197K7,5882,748227
108Orange County25.3501K19,78613,2001,048
109Borden County24.839K1,569403184
110Hamilton County24.745K1,8411,585136
111Kendall County24.6519K21,0389,137553
112Jefferson County24.01.2M51,65932,400849
113Hill County24.0320K13,3657,465641
114McLennan County23.92.4M101,96042,968838
115Young County23.9219K9,1664,730389
116Williamson County23.67.1M299,583134,418869
117Milam County23.4204K8,6812,144489
118Schleicher County23.212K507507104
119Wise County22.8631K27,60210,805708
120Hays County22.61.6M71,17553,5981,006
121Lynn County22.654K2,4052,405354
122Willacy County22.0256K11,6424,934492
123Atascosa County21.8414K18,9927,182630
124Nolan County21.4185K8,6542,396497
125Franklin County21.3117K5,4813,869515
126Hardin County21.2259K12,1948,349926
127Panola County20.7288K13,8695,421657
128Dallas County20.619.6M948,355358,65097
129Baylor County20.631K1,5271,266138
130Smith County20.62.7M129,05442,339698
131Webb County20.52.3M110,21027,928708
132Starr County20.4634K31,01410,236722
133Ellis County20.21.6M80,95225,236768
134Karnes County20.2117K5,7831,594363
135Tarrant County20.120.9M1,040,761367,316113
136Denton County19.66.5M332,707125,245743
137Polk County19.3215K11,1226,939814
138Comal County19.01.7M91,33450,553868
139Shackelford County18.934K1,8031,803282
140Brown County18.9507K26,8817,476747
141Runnels County18.636K1,9201,601310
142Bexar County18.318.7M1,024,586329,782494
143Henderson County18.21.0M55,80827,6001,011
144Upshur County17.4316K18,2243,847704
145Delta County17.356K3,2281,949228
146Jack County17.262K3,5942,717358
147Clay County17.284K4,9051,887306
148Culberson County17.217K1,0001,00091
149Collin County17.27.2M417,242143,803581
150Johnson County17.11.3M76,67423,8161,052
151Hood County17.0466K27,3659,589818
152Castro County16.885K5,0801,945472
153Oldham County16.416K948948135
154Jim Hogg County16.348K2,9581,749320
155Gregg County16.01.0M64,30618,059575
156Erath County16.0389K24,2808,609917
157Wood County15.9254K16,0307,548898
158Grayson County15.8828K52,50819,236932
159Deaf Smith County15.6189K12,1077,399569
160Hunt County15.6702K45,06715,216915
161Dallam County15.520K1,292860162
162Kent County15.29,14560239568
163Ward County15.1130K8,5553,649389
164Van Zandt County15.0359K23,87812,761897
165DeWitt County14.0162K11,5952,290399
166Crockett County14.034K2,4082,093298
167McCulloch County13.8105K7,5932,253254
168Cameron County13.83.6M262,29943,776625
169Midland County13.52.2M164,55046,750861
170Fannin County13.5184K13,6434,335545
171Caldwell County12.8272K21,2686,940700
172Camp County12.675K5,9542,843356
173Rockwall County12.5961K77,02918,543723
174Donley County12.421K1,7041,704143
175Rains County12.466K5,3223,560447
176Hidalgo County12.39.2M753,680124,336450
177Harris County11.721.5M1,827,686455,98623
178Crosby County11.329K2,6092,352147
179Victoria County11.2551K49,0486,693730
180Fort Bend County11.17.7M694,780171,660236
181Kaufman County10.8809K74,76526,7861,038
182Andrews County10.7136K12,6205,518513
183Hutchinson County10.573K6,9784,204430
184Moore County10.367K6,4564,178363
185Cass County10.3156K15,2444,178765
186Hopkins County10.2215K21,1156,096785
187Gonzales County9.969K6,9991,948469
188Howard County9.9433K43,8088,061707
189Newton County9.941K4,2024330
190Navarro County9.5393K41,2678,529718
191Parmer County9.573K7,6511,736527
192Lampasas County9.3106K11,4253,191242
193Kleberg County9.1188K20,7286,212616
194Shelby County9.1132K14,4842,567314
195Lipscomb County8.913K1,445811115
196Ector County8.81.4M156,48128,468844
197McMullen County8.723K2,664788137
198Wichita County8.7786K90,76314,5581,015
199Hartley County8.69,2471,077412116
200Briscoe County8.44,96158950678
201Harrison County8.1408K50,3857,773805
202Titus County7.9134K16,9939,198613
203Fayette County7.628K3,732655234
204Hansford County7.210K1,398991162
205Wheeler County7.116K2,320855234
206Carson County6.829K4,1872,204305
207Potter County6.5252K38,89817,946741
208Lamar County6.2173K27,8825,072660
209Morris County6.039K6,4473,019446
210Wilbarger County5.944K7,3594,032483
211Crane County5.635K6,1571,306320
212Randall County5.0175K34,61913,903859
213Scurry County5.076K15,1252,295405
214Terry County4.720K4,3112,445411
215Hudspeth County4.55,1811,14193664
216Wilson County4.4149K33,6194,120434
217Collingsworth County4.45,4781,2491,132110
218Mills County4.415K3,48925291
219Yoakum County4.315K3,5731,101248
220Hall County4.27,2601,7411,546153
221Floyd County4.112K2,8081,229177
222Bowie County3.9460K116,97914,559984
223Guadalupe County3.9381K97,0837,291816
224Gray County3.928K7,1032,270494
225Stonewall County3.54,0221,15485394
226Winkler County3.419K5,4762,219285
227Fisher County3.37,5062,246195176
228Terrell County3.33,8351,14857922
229Garza County3.28,4922,6931,133184
230Presidio County3.115K5,0021,903198
231Sherman County3.11,97964364392
232Hale County2.944K15,4026,666480
233Cochran County2.74,4981,6371,391127
234Hemphill County2.63,1261,1891,18949
235Zavala County2.6173K67,5322,560504
236Foard County2.52,7201,067374121
237Dickens County2.52,2989175485
238Hockley County2.527K10,8533,968465
239Motley County2.41,3615565681
240Gaines County2.433K13,8711,925589
241Coleman County2.18,2934,01870593
242El Paso County2.0696K349,48438,358955
243Ochiltree County1.99,3404,973988171
244Cottle County1.91,32071271247
245Swisher County1.33,5272,66237581
246Lubbock County1.3295K222,87125,300781
247King County1.31551193316
248Lamb County1.210K8,3311,702241
249Bailey County0.42,1564,85770484
250Jasper County0.032715,3084630
251Armstrong County-4,706-1,05474
252Roberts County-5,183-63467

Biggest Texas outages of 2021

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Harris County, TXJanuary 1, 2021 00:00June 28, 2021 09:00178d 9h455,98617.8M
2Tarrant County, TXFebruary 11, 2021 13:00February 28, 2021 05:3016d 16h367,31618.6M
3Dallas County, TXFebruary 8, 2021 12:30March 4, 2021 07:4523d 19h358,65016.8M
4Bexar County, TXFebruary 13, 2021 10:45February 21, 2021 11:008d329,78216.7M
5Travis County, TXFebruary 11, 2021 14:45February 24, 2021 13:0012d 22h273,84917.6M
6Fort Bend County, TXFebruary 16, 2021 18:00February 23, 2021 07:006d 13h171,6605.2M
7Galveston County, TXFebruary 15, 2021 03:00February 22, 2021 07:007d 4h144,4216.5M
8Brazoria County, TXFebruary 14, 2021 12:30April 13, 2021 04:3057d 16h144,1646.5M
9Collin County, TXFebruary 14, 2021 14:45February 22, 2021 12:157d 21h143,8036.3M
10Montgomery County, TXFebruary 14, 2021 20:00February 24, 2021 10:459d 14h135,4124.8M
11Williamson County, TXFebruary 11, 2021 14:15February 23, 2021 06:1511d 16h134,4186.3M
12Denton County, TXFebruary 14, 2021 13:45February 21, 2021 11:456d 22h125,2456.1M
13Hidalgo County, TXFebruary 13, 2021 12:30February 23, 2021 06:159d 17h124,3367.9M
14Harris County, TXSeptember 5, 2021 13:00October 18, 2021 09:0042d 20h118,8512.5M
15Brazoria County, TXSeptember 10, 2021 08:30September 23, 2021 09:3013d 1h117,4192.7M
16Galveston County, TXSeptember 9, 2021 11:45September 25, 2021 08:0015d 20h57,1421.3M
17Fort Bend County, TXSeptember 10, 2021 12:15September 26, 2021 07:1515d 19h55,2161.0M
18Nueces County, TXFebruary 13, 2021 13:15February 24, 2021 04:0010d 14h53,7433.5M
19Hays County, TXFebruary 14, 2021 02:45February 18, 2021 04:004d 1h53,5981.4M
20Bell County, TXFebruary 11, 2021 13:45February 23, 2021 11:1511d 21h53,0314.1M
21Comal County, TXFebruary 14, 2021 13:15February 20, 2021 04:305d 15h50,5531.6M
22Fort Bend County, TXFebruary 16, 2021 01:15February 16, 2021 15:4514h 30m50,304333K
23Hidalgo County, TXMay 12, 2021 06:00May 15, 2021 06:003d47,372421K
24Midland County, TXFebruary 13, 2021 19:45February 21, 2021 11:307d 15h46,7501.9M
25Dallas County, TXMarch 13, 2021 12:15March 20, 2021 07:306d 19h45,909208K
EAGLE-I tracked about 94% of Texas's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Texas by year:2025202420232022202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2021:LAMIWVORMSKYNCWA

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.