Power Outages in Bastrop County, TX
Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Bastrop - (TX) and City of Smithville - (TX). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.6 hours.
Bastrop County, TX is served by 5 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bastrop County, TX". https://massoutage.com/texas/bastrop-county
Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for City of Bastrop - (TX) and City of Smithville - (TX): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~55,126 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Bastrop - (TX), City of Smithville - (TX). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fayette Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Bastrop - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Smithville - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Bastrop 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78602 | 275 | 17 | 202 | ≤11 |
| 78621 | 193 | ≤11 | 136 | ≤11 |
| 78957 | 114 | ≤11 | 82 | ≤11 |
| 78612 | 102 | ≤11 | 64 | ≤11 |
| 78659 | 36 | ≤11 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 78662 | 22 | ≤11 | 13 | 0 |
| 78650 | 12 | ≤11 | ≤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 Bastrop County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Bastrop County right now.
Bastrop County has been under 19 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Air Quality Alert ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Bastrop County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bastrop County went about 6.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 17,828 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 6.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 17,828 customers out) · decade average 12.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 938 | 4,552 | 8.5 |
| 2016 | 769 | 5,211 | 5.5 |
| 2017 | 851 | 17,828 | 5.3 |
| 2018 | 993 | 3,371 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 955 | 3,932 | 5.6 |
| 2020 | 908 | 2,182 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 957 | 17,828 | 50.4 |
| 2022 | 1,020 | 17,828 | 11.6 |
| 2023 | 958 | 7,716 | 25.7 |
| 2024 | 969 | 7,240 | 14.2 |
| 2025 | 917 | 4,156 | 6.6 |
Cost of power in Bastrop County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Bastrop 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
- 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.
Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 12.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Bastrop County: FAQ
- How often does Bastrop County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bastrop County, TX logged 917 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bastrop County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 17,828 customers without power, beginning January 12, 2022 and lasting about 5h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Bastrop County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bastrop County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Bastrop County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bastrop County.
78602, 78612, 78621, 78650, 78659, 78662, 78953, 78957
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 · total only | - |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | - | Live · total only | |
| Fayette Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
| City of Bastrop - (TX) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Smithville - (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/48021 and /api/v1/counties/48021/history.