Power Outages in Austin County, TX
As of October 19, 2026 09:50 UTC, no outages are reported by CenterPoint Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc and San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc in Austin County, TX. There is no live feed for City of Bellville - (TX). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.0 hours.
Austin County, TX is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/texas/austin-county
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- October 19, 2026 09:50 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Austin County, TX", live data as of October 19, 2026 09:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/austin-county
No active outages are reported by CenterPoint Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc and San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc in Austin County.
No live feed for City of Bellville - (TX): outages in itsservice area won't show here.
100%of this county's ~10,181 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Bellville - (TX). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CenterPoint Energy | Live · county | 0 | 10,987 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 1,857 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Fayette Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 706 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| City of Bellville - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
CenterPoint Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc and San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Austin Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77474 | 147 | ≤11 | 105 | ≤11 |
| 77418 | 96 | ≤11 | 72 | 0 |
| 77485 | 29 | ≤11 | 24 | 0 |
| 78950 | 27 | ≤11 | 15 | ≤11 |
| 78944 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78931 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Austin County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Austin County right now.
Austin County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×6
- Flood Watch ×3
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
Latest Austin County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 607 customers out (4.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Austin County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Austin County went about 6.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,780 customers.
The US EIA reports Texas utilities averaged 3.7 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 6.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 9,780 customers out) · decade average 58.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 556 | 1,610 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | 430 | 1,897 | 3.1 |
| 2017 | 335 | 1,947 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | 598 | 1,881 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 569 | 1,880 | 17.5 |
| 2020 | 635 | 1,953 | 22.5 |
| 2021 | 354 | 9,780 | 149.7 |
| 2022 | 396 | 9,427 | 69.6 |
| 2023 | 334 | 9,780 | 136.2 |
| 2024 | 503 | 9,780 | 224.2 |
| 2025 | 695 | 2,227 | 6.0 |
Cost of power in Austin County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Austin County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc11.6¢119,030 cust
- San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc14.1¢32,557 cust
- Fayette Electric Coop, Inc12.5¢14,439 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 58.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Austin County: FAQ
- How often does Austin County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Austin County, TX logged 695 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Austin County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,780 customers without power, beginning May 8, 2024 and lasting about 15d 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Austin County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Austin County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Austin County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, CenterPoint Energy, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc, San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Austin County.
77418, 77473, 77474, 77485, 78931, 78944, 78950
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | 1.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| CenterPoint Energy | 3.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
| San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc | 3.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Fayette Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Bellville - (TX) | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Texas customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/48015 and /api/v1/counties/48015/history.