2023 Texas Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Texas customer went without power for about 8.0 hours, the 16th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

8.0

vs prior year

▲ 103%

vs 2022

Customer-hours out

109.9M

Peak customers out

439,426

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of TX customers

Counties reporting

252

Texas year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2023

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

CSV JSON

All 252 Texas counties, 2023

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

CSV JSON

#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Marion County	163.2	817K	5,005	5,005	518
2	Robertson County	147.0	405K	2,755	2,755	762
3	Austin County	136.2	1.3M	9,780	9,780	334
4	Franklin County	119.9	657K	5,481	5,481	592
5	Leon County	105.4	789K	7,489	7,489	736
6	Limestone County	97.0	411K	4,241	4,241	768
7	Upshur County	95.3	1.7M	18,224	18,224	800
8	Falls County	70.6	293K	4,156	4,156	502
9	Gregg County	70.1	4.5M	64,306	46,783	588
10	Waller County	69.5	1.3M	18,532	14,388	262
11	Wharton County	67.4	1.6M	23,775	23,775	566
12	Wood County	67.2	1.1M	16,030	16,030	888
13	Harrison County	66.9	3.4M	50,385	28,811	811
14	Camp County	66.5	396K	5,954	5,301	460
15	Burleson County	63.8	137K	2,155	2,155	640
16	Cass County	63.4	966K	15,244	8,589	780
17	Colorado County	61.8	503K	8,146	7,324	633
18	Lee County	60.3	134K	2,223	2,223	613
19	Milam County	56.6	491K	8,681	6,335	489
20	Grimes County	53.9	169K	3,131	3,131	848
21	Hardin County	53.8	656K	12,194	12,194	910
22	Ochiltree County	50.0	249K	4,973	4,973	165
23	Morris County	47.0	303K	6,447	3,252	491
24	Orange County	46.3	916K	19,786	17,619	772
25	Freestone County	46.2	412K	8,915	8,346	614
26	Tyler County	43.5	195K	4,478	4,478	780
27	Madison County	42.7	94K	2,203	2,203	570
28	Motley County	39.8	22K	556	556	84
29	Titus County	39.4	670K	16,993	9,856	693
30	Knox County	38.2	21K	551	551	399
31	Reeves County	37.0	64K	1,724	1,724	544
32	Irion County	36.9	36K	969	823	201
33	Hopkins County	35.6	751K	21,115	15,787	764
34	San Jacinto County	35.1	188K	5,355	3,537	900
35	Blanco County	34.0	180K	5,297	5,064	463
36	Lavaca County	32.0	69K	2,165	2,165	395
37	Rusk County	31.6	840K	26,571	12,571	686
38	Kenedy County	30.9	11K	353	353	126
39	Chambers County	30.6	808K	26,381	10,646	618
40	Trinity County	30.1	197K	6,541	6,541	723
41	Briscoe County	28.6	17K	589	444	103
42	Walker County	28.4	471K	16,570	7,854	925
43	Reagan County	27.2	58K	2,148	1,929	395
44	Glasscock County	26.9	25K	931	931	447
45	Bastrop County	25.7	458K	17,828	7,716	958
46	Sterling County	24.7	30K	1,197	971	163
47	Brazoria County	23.4	3.4M	144,164	57,451	289
48	Duval County	23.1	107K	4,633	2,547	680
49	Polk County	22.7	253K	11,122	9,179	870
50	Smith County	22.5	2.9M	129,054	42,079	629
51	Anderson County	22.1	641K	29,000	8,262	858
52	Travis County	22.1	14.2M	641,926	185,025	488
53	Concho County	21.9	34K	1,545	1,080	162
54	Cherokee County	21.6	641K	29,708	8,586	860
55	Houston County	21.1	246K	11,682	5,953	733
56	Kimble County	20.8	44K	2,099	2,099	305
57	Van Zandt County	20.6	491K	23,878	12,541	847
58	Coke County	20.5	31K	1,487	1,487	215
59	Pecos County	19.5	36K	1,846	1,724	496
60	Jefferson County	19.4	1.0M	51,659	12,541	359
61	Jones County	18.5	96K	5,201	3,693	411
62	Live Oak County	18.3	65K	3,562	1,959	573
63	Kinney County	18.3	22K	1,193	1,093	102
64	Jim Hogg County	17.5	52K	2,958	2,459	347
65	Callahan County	17.1	64K	3,779	3,552	544
66	Panola County	17.0	236K	13,869	4,464	716
67	Lynn County	17.0	41K	2,405	1,752	358
68	Liberty County	16.8	741K	44,189	11,269	679
69	Fisher County	16.7	37K	2,246	1,512	190
70	Sherman County	16.4	11K	643	643	113
71	Red River County	16.0	114K	7,161	2,173	351
72	Mitchell County	15.9	77K	4,856	1,918	445
73	Sutton County	15.5	12K	787	710	181
74	Kent County	15.3	9,187	602	387	36
75	Taylor County	15.1	282K	18,703	14,564	826
76	Crosby County	14.9	39K	2,609	2,609	160
77	Henderson County	14.9	831K	55,808	11,448	1,069
78	Montgomery County	14.8	3.4M	230,040	64,824	103
79	Real County	14.6	18K	1,239	1,181	246
80	Rains County	14.5	77K	5,322	5,322	449
81	Throckmorton County	14.5	8,429	582	582	206
82	Borden County	14.5	23K	1,569	303	258
83	Williamson County	14.0	4.2M	299,583	70,703	649
84	Bandera County	14.0	21K	1,495	1,495	524
85	Kendall County	14.0	294K	21,038	10,272	646
86	Donley County	13.9	24K	1,704	1,704	123
87	Schleicher County	13.1	6,626	507	507	110
88	Delta County	13.0	42K	3,228	1,690	195
89	Matagorda County	13.0	223K	17,119	2,761	765
90	Hall County	13.0	23K	1,741	1,741	176
91	Collingsworth County	12.2	15K	1,249	1,249	119
92	Bee County	11.9	121K	10,187	7,560	688
93	Galveston County	11.9	1.7M	144,421	30,412	510
94	Martin County	11.7	45K	3,861	1,398	612
95	Menard County	11.7	13K	1,142	873	237
96	Edwards County	11.2	52K	4,664	3,473	240
97	Brooks County	11.2	35K	3,092	1,515	402
98	Refugio County	10.9	37K	3,401	1,033	395
99	Nolan County	10.5	91K	8,654	4,216	459
100	Hays County	10.2	725K	71,175	11,793	985
101	Uvalde County	9.9	83K	8,418	5,225	615
102	Castro County	9.8	50K	5,080	4,136	499
103	Haskell County	9.8	15K	1,529	1,474	396
104	Gillespie County	9.6	163K	17,022	4,047	657
105	Loving County	9.5	6,424	675	96	178
106	Medina County	9.5	150K	15,806	3,880	702
107	Jackson County	9.1	56K	6,090	4,061	385
108	Jack County	8.9	32K	3,594	1,496	410
109	Baylor County	8.7	13K	1,527	888	262
110	Bell County	8.6	1.5M	171,225	24,735	825
111	Parmer County	8.4	65K	7,651	5,262	512
112	Burnet County	8.4	113K	13,537	3,506	760
113	Shackelford County	8.3	15K	1,803	1,803	311
114	Hill County	8.2	109K	13,365	2,912	667
115	Navarro County	8.1	334K	41,267	9,988	703
116	La Salle County	8.0	22K	2,749	559	382
117	Gonzales County	8.0	56K	6,999	2,321	535
118	Deaf Smith County	7.9	96K	12,107	4,337	603
119	Shelby County	7.9	114K	14,484	3,770	347
120	Ellis County	7.9	638K	80,952	12,939	737
121	Upton County	7.8	20K	2,542	793	416
122	Mason County	7.7	22K	2,818	718	381
123	Terry County	7.7	33K	4,311	1,605	411
124	Palo Pinto County	7.5	90K	11,965	2,398	683
125	Cooke County	7.5	126K	16,852	4,087	567
126	Aransas County	7.5	90K	11,991	6,502	715
127	Hunt County	7.5	336K	45,067	12,968	927
128	Hidalgo County	7.4	5.6M	753,680	200,550	440
129	Angelina County	7.2	341K	47,178	4,884	833
130	Grayson County	7.2	378K	52,508	11,547	864
131	Nacogdoches County	7.1	293K	40,989	7,086	802
132	Johnson County	7.0	540K	76,674	19,711	985
133	Hardeman County	6.9	7,674	1,110	626	207
134	Goliad County	6.8	16K	2,269	550	298
135	Runnels County	6.8	13K	1,920	1,920	318
136	Presidio County	6.8	34K	5,002	2,618	191
137	Comal County	6.7	610K	91,334	15,643	899
138	Archer County	6.7	23K	3,386	939	335
139	Dimmit County	6.6	22K	3,368	871	407
140	Roberts County	6.4	1,807	281	108	58
141	Culberson County	6.3	6,327	1,000	1,000	98
142	McLennan County	6.3	642K	101,960	17,286	824
143	Clay County	6.2	31K	4,905	2,542	288
144	Karnes County	6.1	35K	5,783	2,457	377
145	Bosque County	6.1	45K	7,389	4,313	424
146	Wilson County	6.1	204K	33,619	5,367	453
147	Randall County	6.0	209K	34,619	9,363	883
148	Willacy County	5.9	69K	11,642	2,015	504
149	Hansford County	5.9	8,253	1,398	1,398	175
150	Parker County	5.7	500K	87,476	18,742	896
151	Floyd County	5.7	16K	2,808	1,821	191
152	Jim Wells County	5.6	99K	17,612	5,380	722
153	Potter County	5.6	218K	38,898	4,833	938
154	Stephens County	5.6	27K	4,777	1,693	361
155	Moore County	5.5	36K	6,456	3,784	354
156	Comanche County	5.5	40K	7,336	1,241	607
157	Lamar County	5.4	149K	27,882	2,665	607
158	Wise County	5.3	146K	27,602	5,141	730
159	Fannin County	5.3	72K	13,643	2,541	541
160	Montague County	5.3	44K	8,303	1,151	458
161	San Patricio County	5.1	183K	35,667	7,338	757
162	Llano County	5.1	50K	9,838	9,838	669
163	Starr County	5.0	155K	31,014	4,993	711
164	Val Verde County	4.9	92K	18,757	10,056	621
165	Oldham County	4.9	4,606	948	948	147
166	Swisher County	4.9	13K	2,662	778	95
167	Dawson County	4.8	40K	8,173	3,253	544
168	Washington County	4.8	62K	12,824	1,716	768
169	Nueces County	4.8	775K	162,267	18,617	568
170	Dickens County	4.7	4,278	917	349	92
171	Cochran County	4.6	7,450	1,637	200	152
172	Eastland County	4.5	42K	9,278	1,178	648
173	Tarrant County	4.5	4.6M	1,040,761	107,175	81
174	Hutchinson County	4.3	30K	6,978	2,836	511
175	Calhoun County	4.3	48K	11,203	3,591	411
176	Atascosa County	4.2	80K	18,992	6,070	591
177	Dallas County	4.2	3.9M	948,355	105,907	74
178	Maverick County	4.1	121K	29,327	20,678	585
179	Frio County	4.1	29K	7,146	1,268	605
180	Kleberg County	4.1	85K	20,728	2,822	621
181	Gaines County	4.0	55K	13,871	6,237	646
182	Tom Green County	3.9	229K	58,381	11,110	95
183	Jeff Davis County	3.9	11K	2,799	1,001	151
184	Carson County	3.7	16K	4,187	710	308
185	Zapata County	3.7	30K	8,025	1,342	455
186	Terrell County	3.6	4,152	1,148	626	23
187	Erath County	3.6	88K	24,280	4,829	882
188	Wichita County	3.5	322K	90,763	10,610	889
189	Yoakum County	3.5	13K	3,573	1,188	307
190	King County	3.5	417	119	32	32
191	Lipscomb County	3.5	5,050	1,445	1,125	110
192	Garza County	3.4	9,214	2,693	1,107	236
193	Dallam County	3.4	4,412	1,292	294	173
194	Harris County	3.4	6.2M	1,827,686	88,095	35
195	McMullen County	3.4	8,964	2,664	760	148
196	DeWitt County	3.3	38K	11,595	1,194	434
197	Fort Bend County	3.3	2.3M	694,780	33,334	152
198	Bowie County	3.3	384K	116,979	7,452	939
199	San Saba County	3.3	12K	3,729	893	270
200	Cameron County	3.3	853K	262,299	19,786	739
201	McCulloch County	3.2	24K	7,593	550	278
202	Coryell County	3.2	85K	26,485	5,983	535
203	Foard County	3.2	3,378	1,067	480	120
204	Caldwell County	3.1	67K	21,268	1,786	751
205	Kaufman County	3.1	231K	74,765	3,619	1,099
206	Hamilton County	3.0	5,482	1,841	737	128
207	Gray County	2.9	21K	7,103	2,542	479
208	Collin County	2.9	1.2M	417,242	55,216	505
209	Webb County	2.9	319K	110,210	19,318	720
210	Ward County	2.8	24K	8,555	1,598	415
211	Kerr County	2.7	108K	39,842	4,195	739
212	Rockwall County	2.6	197K	77,029	6,893	740
213	Childress County	2.6	6,267	2,451	844	209
214	Stonewall County	2.5	2,884	1,154	151	86
215	Wheeler County	2.5	5,689	2,320	444	221
216	Young County	2.4	22K	9,166	1,740	396
217	Brown County	2.3	63K	26,881	2,405	748
218	Hale County	2.3	36K	15,402	2,802	495
219	Brazos County	2.3	170K	73,982	10,496	863
220	Andrews County	2.3	29K	12,620	1,654	561
221	El Paso County	2.2	773K	349,484	27,876	971
222	Lamb County	2.2	18K	8,331	3,466	251
223	Scurry County	2.1	32K	15,125	1,458	369
224	Winkler County	2.1	11K	5,476	2,294	300
225	Hartley County	2.0	2,192	1,077	288	98
226	Brewster County	2.0	15K	7,588	1,669	320
227	Crockett County	1.9	4,616	2,408	1,139	148
228	Midland County	1.9	312K	164,550	7,141	844
229	Lubbock County	1.8	410K	222,871	12,686	778
230	Victoria County	1.8	90K	49,048	3,133	804
231	Bexar County	1.8	1.8M	1,024,586	48,221	634
232	Somervell County	1.8	9,577	5,351	3,223	260
233	Denton County	1.7	580K	332,707	21,845	712
234	Cottle County	1.7	1,205	712	115	69
235	Hockley County	1.7	18K	10,853	4,100	411
236	Crane County	1.7	10K	6,157	232	310
237	Ector County	1.6	251K	156,481	4,789	911
238	Fayette County	1.6	5,935	3,732	671	244
239	Wilbarger County	1.6	12K	7,359	466	426
240	Hood County	1.6	43K	27,365	2,741	850
241	Bailey County	1.5	7,367	4,857	954	93
242	Hudspeth County	1.4	1,602	1,141	369	51
243	Guadalupe County	1.4	134K	97,083	4,211	823
244	Howard County	1.4	60K	43,808	1,594	699
245	Mills County	1.1	3,988	3,489	152	82
246	Lampasas County	0.9	9,988	11,425	631	164
247	Hemphill County	0.8	948	1,189	448	56
248	Zavala County	0.6	43K	67,532	1,158	435
249	Coleman County	0.6	2,377	4,018	347	67
250	Newton County	0.1	398	4,202	33	18
251	Jasper County	0.1	1,436	15,308	59	51
252	Armstrong County	-	3,011	-	907	80

Biggest Texas outages of 2023

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

CSV JSON

#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Hidalgo County, TX	April 27, 2023 07:45	May 16, 2023 03:45	18d 20h	200,550	4.3M
2	Travis County, TX	January 30, 2023 13:15	February 19, 2023 00:00	19d 10h	185,025	12.9M
3	Tarrant County, TX	March 2, 2023 12:15	March 19, 2023 08:30	16d 20h	107,175	1.1M
4	Dallas County, TX	February 21, 2023 11:45	March 13, 2023 09:00	19d 21h	105,907	1.0M
5	Tarrant County, TX	July 10, 2023 02:15	September 17, 2023 19:15	69d 17h	101,641	1.7M
6	Harris County, TX	June 11, 2023 13:45	July 19, 2023 23:30	38d 9h	88,095	1.8M
7	Williamson County, TX	January 31, 2023 10:30	February 15, 2023 07:15	14d 20h	70,703	3.4M
8	Montgomery County, TX	June 11, 2023 13:45	September 1, 2023 03:15	81d 13h	64,824	1.3M
9	Brazoria County, TX	June 11, 2023 13:45	July 29, 2023 08:15	47d 18h	57,451	1.2M
10	Harris County, TX	May 26, 2023 12:00	June 11, 2023 12:15	16d	56,009	877K
11	Collin County, TX	March 3, 2023 00:15	March 7, 2023 06:30	4d 6h	55,216	319K
12	Bexar County, TX	June 3, 2023 03:15	June 5, 2023 05:00	2d 1h	48,221	223K
13	Brazoria County, TX	May 24, 2023 11:15	June 11, 2023 12:15	18d 1h	48,196	717K
14	Gregg County, TX	June 13, 2023 12:30	June 30, 2023 05:30	16d 17h	46,783	4.0M
15	Smith County, TX	January 30, 2023 22:00	February 6, 2023 06:45	6d 8h	42,079	1.8M
16	Bexar County, TX	April 20, 2023 13:00	April 23, 2023 06:00	2d 17h	39,388	317K
17	Harris County, TX	July 20, 2023 00:15	September 17, 2023 19:15	59d 19h	37,831	1.1M
18	Bexar County, TX	January 31, 2023 12:15	February 3, 2023 10:45	2d 22h	36,588	292K
19	Fort Bend County, TX	June 11, 2023 13:45	July 4, 2023 08:15	22d 18h	33,334	656K
20	Galveston County, TX	June 3, 2023 12:30	June 11, 2023 12:15	7d 23h	30,412	364K
21	Harrison County, TX	June 16, 2023 05:30	June 25, 2023 23:45	9d 18h	28,811	3.0M
22	Tarrant County, TX	October 3, 2023 09:30	October 10, 2023 10:30	7d 1h	28,627	298K
23	Galveston County, TX	June 21, 2023 07:30	June 26, 2023 08:45	5d 1h	28,418	433K
24	Harris County, TX	January 19, 2023 10:45	February 3, 2023 12:45	15d 2h	28,159	446K
25	El Paso County, TX	February 26, 2023 18:15	February 28, 2023 11:00	1d 16h	27,876	207K

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Texas's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Texas by year:2025 2024 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2023:ME MI KY OK AR WV LA MS

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

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