Power Outages in Caldwell County, TX
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Caldwell County, TX across 1 reported incident. AEP Texas Central Company, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Lockhart - (TX) and City of Luling - (TX), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.3 hours.
Caldwell County, TX is served by 6 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/texas/caldwell-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Caldwell County, TX", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/caldwell-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Lockhart - (TX) and City of Luling - (TX).
0.0%of this county's ~21,653 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Lockhart - (TX), City of Luling - (TX). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: AEP Texas Central Company, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc, Pedernales 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Lockhart - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Luling - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Caldwell 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 (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78644 | 160 | 14 | 103 | ≤11 |
| 78648 | 89 | ≤11 | 66 | ≤11 |
| 78616 | 61 | ≤11 | 42 | ≤11 |
| 78656 | 29 | ≤11 | 17 | ≤11 |
| 78655 | 19 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 78953 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78661 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78622 | ≤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 Caldwell County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Caldwell County right now.
Caldwell County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Air Quality Alert ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Heat Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Caldwell County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Caldwell Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Caldwell County went about 4.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,781 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 4.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 6,940 customers out) · decade average 3.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 711 | 2,554 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | 583 | 1,965 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 713 | 9,781 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 728 | 657 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 781 | 1,630 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 714 | 1,737 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 700 | 6,940 | 12.8 |
| 2022 | 786 | 7,527 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 751 | 1,786 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 785 | 1,794 | 3.3 |
| 2025 | 716 | 3,080 | 4.3 |
Cost of power in Caldwell County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Caldwell 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
- Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc11.6¢119,030 cust
- Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc11.8¢95,358 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 high winds exposure · 3.3 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 Caldwell County: FAQ
- How often does Caldwell County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Caldwell County, TX logged 716 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Caldwell County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,781 customers without power, beginning July 21, 2017 and lasting about 2h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Caldwell County, TX right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Caldwell County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc, Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Caldwell County.
78616, 78622, 78644, 78648, 78655, 78656, 78661
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 | |
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | 1.5 hrs | Live · total only | |
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | 1.9 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| City of Lockhart - (TX) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Luling - (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/48055 and /api/v1/counties/48055/history. Live data as of .