Power Outages in Brooks County, TX
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by AEP Texas Central Company, Medina Electric Coop, Inc and Nueces Electric Cooperative in Brooks County, TX. There is no live feed for Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.0 hours.
Brooks County, TX is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/texas/brooks-county
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Brooks County, TX", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/brooks-county
No active outages are reported by AEP Texas Central Company, Medina Electric Coop, Inc and Nueces Electric Cooperative in Brooks County.
No live feed for Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
81%of this county's ~5,237 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | Live · county | 0 | 4,135 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Medina Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 101 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Nueces Electric Cooperative | Live · county | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
AEP Texas Central Company, Medina Electric Coop, Inc and Nueces Electric Cooperative 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 Brooks 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78355 | 68 | ≤11 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 78353 | ≤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 Brooks County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Brooks County right now.
Brooks County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 16, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×5
- Red Flag Warning ×2
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
Latest Brooks County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 54m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 121 customers out (2.9% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 1m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 122 customers out (2.9% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Brooks County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Brooks County went about 8.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,092 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 8.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 3,092 customers out) · decade average 15.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 148 | 2,129 | 12.7 |
| 2017 | 42 | 1,408 | 6.6 |
| 2018 | 407 | 1,999 | 8.4 |
| 2019 | 417 | 1,755 | 13.1 |
| 2020 | 457 | 2,313 | 34.8 |
| 2021 | 420 | 3,092 | 36.0 |
| 2022 | 364 | 994 | 10.9 |
| 2023 | 402 | 1,515 | 11.2 |
| 2024 | 446 | 1,669 | 11.6 |
| 2025 | 436 | 1,427 | 8.0 |
Cost of power in Brooks County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Brooks 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.
- Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc10.5¢129,596 cust
- Nueces Electric Cooperative11.4¢49,903 cust
- Medina Electric Coop, Inc12.5¢30,778 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 · 15.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Brooks County: FAQ
- How often does Brooks County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Brooks County, TX logged 436 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Brooks County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,092 customers without power, beginning April 19, 2021 and lasting about 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Brooks County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Brooks County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Brooks County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Medina Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Brooks County.
78353, 78355
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 · county | |
| Medina Electric Coop, Inc | 5.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Nueces Electric Cooperative | 6.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc | 4.8 hrs | 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/48047 and /api/v1/counties/48047/history.