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Power Outages in Comal County, TX

City of New Braunfels - (TX), City of San Antonio - (TX), Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.2 hours.

Comal County, TX is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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City of New Braunfels - (TX), City of San Antonio - (TX), Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Comal County

0.0%of this county's ~133,634 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: City of New Braunfels - (TX), City of San Antonio - (TX), Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc, Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
City of New Braunfels - (TX)Live · total onlynot by county------
City of San Antonio - (TX)Live · total onlynot by county------
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Pedernales Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Comal 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.

Power-dependent
1,836
Oxygen service
260
Dialysis (facility)
179
Home health / hospice
326
By ZIP code (6)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
7813227315197≤11
7813325914207≤11
7807020513152≤11
78163141≤1194≤11
7826662≤1147≤11
7862331024≤11

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Comal County, TX

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Comal County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Comal County

Comal County has been under 23 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.

  • Flood Advisory ×7
  • Flood Watch ×7
  • Air Quality Alert ×3
  • Wind Advisory ×3
  • Heat Advisory ×2
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Comal County, TX outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h 25m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 716 customers out (0.8% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 25m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,087 customers out (2.3% of the county)

Outage trend · Comal County, TX
0customers out · peak 79
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Comal County, TX: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 79 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.020406080Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Comal County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • New Braunfelsno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Comal County went about 2.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 50,553 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 2.2 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Comal County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.1h, 2016 0.2h, 2017 0.5h, 2018 0.6h, 2019 1.2h, 2020 0.8h, 2021 19.0h, 2022 2.6h, 2023 6.7h, 2024 1.2h, 2025 2.2h. Highlighted: 2021.051015200.1h20150.2h20160.5h20170.6h20181.2h20190.8h202019.0h20212.6h20226.7h20231.2h20242.2h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 50,553 customers out) · decade average 3.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20152833,1410.1
20162891,0450.2
20175452,5190.5
20187024,7970.6
20199517,2401.2
20201,0326,1490.8
202186850,55319.0
20229438,4182.6
202389915,6436.7
202498311,2671.2
20251,0669,3332.2

Cost of power in Comal County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Comal 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.

12.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 31% since 2015
vs Texas avg 15.9¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
February 14, 202150,5535d 15h
February 1, 202315,6436d 4h
October 15, 202411,2672h 15m
October 25, 20259,3331d
August 14, 20228,4187h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 3.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
WildfireRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Comal County: FAQ

How often does Comal County, TX lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Comal County, TX logged 1,066 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Comal County, TX?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 50,553 customers without power, beginning February 14, 2021 and lasting about 5d 15h.
Is there a power outage in Comal County, TX right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Comal County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Comal County, TX?
Tracked electric providers include City of New Braunfels - (TX), City of San Antonio - (TX), Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.
Nearby counties
Bexar CountyBlanco CountyGuadalupe CountyHays County
Cities & towns in Comal County

New Braunfels. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Comal County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Comal County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Comal County.

78070, 78132, 78133, 78163, 78266, 78623

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc1.5 hrsLive · total only
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Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc2.3 hrsLive · total only-
City of San Antonio - (TX)1.8 hrsLive · total only
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City of New Braunfels - (TX)1.0 hrsLive · 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/48091 and /api/v1/counties/48091/history.