Power Outages in Bee County, TX
AEP Texas Central Company, Karnes Electric Coop Inc and San Patricio Electric Coop Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.8 hours.
Bee County, TX is served by 3 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bee County, TX". https://massoutage.com/texas/bee-county
AEP Texas Central Company, Karnes Electric Coop Inc and San Patricio Electric Coop Inc publish no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~13,771 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: AEP Texas Central Company, Karnes Electric Coop Inc, San Patricio Electric Coop Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karnes Electric Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| San Patricio Electric Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Bee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78102 | 202 | 12 | 143 | ≤11 |
| 78389 | 16 | ≤11 | 12 | ≤11 |
| 78391 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78162 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78146 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78145 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78142 | ≤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 Bee County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Bee County right now.
Bee County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Advisory on October 4, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Flood Watch ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Heat Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Bee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bee County went about 6.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,187 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 6.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2015 (peak 10,187 customers out) · decade average 10.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 541 | 10,187 | 30.2 |
| 2017 | 57 | 176 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 503 | 7,379 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 598 | 6,505 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 678 | 10,187 | 7.6 |
| 2021 | 737 | 7,528 | 28.4 |
| 2022 | 744 | 2,439 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 688 | 7,560 | 11.9 |
| 2024 | 736 | 1,837 | 6.8 |
| 2025 | 625 | 7,494 | 6.8 |
Cost of power in Bee County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Bee 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.
- Karnes Electric Coop Inc10.3¢13,599 cust
- San Patricio Electric Coop Inc14.2¢10,087 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 Moderate hurricanes exposure · 10.9 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 Bee County: FAQ
- How often does Bee County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bee County, TX logged 625 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bee County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,187 customers without power, beginning February 23, 2015 and lasting about 1d 3h.
- Is there a power outage in Bee County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bee County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Bee County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Karnes Electric Coop Inc, San Patricio Electric Coop Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bee County.
78102, 78104, 78125, 78142, 78145, 78146, 78162, 78389, 78391
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | 3.4 hrs | Live · total only | |
| San Patricio Electric Coop Inc | 4.0 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Karnes Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
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/48025 and /api/v1/counties/48025/history.