Power Outages in Bell County, TX
Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc, Heart of Texas Electric Coop, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Bartlett - (TX). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.3 hours.
Bell County, TX is served by 5 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bell County, TX". https://massoutage.com/texas/bell-county
Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc, Heart of Texas Electric Coop, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for City of Bartlett - (TX): outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~186,145 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Bartlett - (TX). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc, Heart of Texas Electric Coop, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heart of Texas Electric Coop | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Bartlett - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Bell 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 (16)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76502 | 465 | 19 | 349 | ≤11 |
| 76513 | 363 | 21 | 267 | ≤11 |
| 76542 | 277 | 12 | 188 | ≤11 |
| 76549 | 257 | ≤11 | 198 | ≤11 |
| 76504 | 235 | 13 | 187 | ≤11 |
| 76543 | 218 | ≤11 | 167 | ≤11 |
| 76548 | 208 | 14 | 148 | ≤11 |
| 76501 | 204 | ≤11 | 159 | ≤11 |
| 76541 | 145 | ≤11 | 112 | ≤11 |
| 76571 | 71 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 76559 | 56 | ≤11 | 41 | ≤11 |
| 76579 | 53 | ≤11 | 47 | 0 |
| 76534 | 36 | ≤11 | 30 | 0 |
| 76569 | 26 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 76511 | 26 | ≤11 | 18 | 0 |
| 76554 | 21 | ≤11 | 13 | 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 Bell County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Bell County right now.
Bell County has been under 21 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×7
- Flood Watch ×5
- Flash Flood Warning ×4
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Bell County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Killeenno outage reported
- Templeno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bell County went about 3.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 62,146 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 3.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 53,031 customers out) · decade average 7.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 131 | 1,159 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 929 | 6,902 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 699 | 8,689 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 772 | 15,512 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 729 | 53,031 | 28.0 |
| 2022 | 770 | 16,241 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 825 | 24,735 | 8.6 |
| 2024 | 776 | 62,146 | 14.0 |
| 2025 | 870 | 10,282 | 3.3 |
Cost of power in Bell County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Bell 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.
- Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc12.8¢420,753 cust
- Heart of Texas Electric Coop11.9¢18,476 cust
- Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc15.2¢12,402 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 · 7.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Bell County: FAQ
- How often does Bell County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bell County, TX logged 870 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bell County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 62,146 customers without power, beginning May 22, 2024 and lasting about 1d 10h.
- Is there a power outage in Bell County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bell County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Bell County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include Heart of Texas Electric Coop, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.
Killeen, Temple. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Bell County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bell County.
76501, 76502, 76504, 76511, 76513, 76534, 76541, 76542, 76543, 76548, 76549, 76554, 76557, 76559, 76569, 76571, 76579
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | 1.5 hrs | Live · total only | |
| Heart of Texas Electric Coop | 3.4 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc | 3.6 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | - | Live · total only | |
| City of Bartlett - (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/48027 and /api/v1/counties/48027/history.