Power Outages in DeWitt County, TX
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in DeWitt County, TX across 1 reported incident. AEP Texas Central Company, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc, Karnes Electric Coop Inc and Victoria Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Cuero - (TX) and City of Yoakum - (TX), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.4 hours.
DeWitt County, TX is served by 6 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/texas/dewitt-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in DeWitt County, TX", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/dewitt-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Cuero - (TX) and City of Yoakum - (TX).
0.0%of this county's ~16,592 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Cuero - (TX), City of Yoakum - (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, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc, Karnes Electric Coop Inc, Victoria 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karnes Electric Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Victoria Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Cuero - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Yoakum - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in DeWitt 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 (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77954 | 107 | ≤11 | 80 | ≤11 |
| 77995 | 82 | ≤11 | 53 | ≤11 |
| 78164 | 44 | ≤11 | 34 | 0 |
| 78141 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 77994 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 77974 | ≤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 DeWitt County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for DeWitt County right now.
DeWitt County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×4
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Heat Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in DeWitt 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 DeWitt Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in DeWitt County went about 2.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,750 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 2.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 2,290 customers out) · decade average 4.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 395 | 1,899 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 390 | 806 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 359 | 2,750 | 9.2 |
| 2018 | 655 | 849 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 750 | 980 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 593 | 993 | 2.3 |
| 2021 | 399 | 2,290 | 14.0 |
| 2022 | 428 | 1,808 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 434 | 1,194 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 416 | 1,161 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 486 | 1,124 | 2.4 |
Cost of power in DeWitt County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for DeWitt 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.
- Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc11.8¢95,358 cust
- Victoria Electric Coop, Inc12.4¢21,716 cust
- Karnes Electric Coop Inc10.3¢13,599 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 · 4.1 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 DeWitt County: FAQ
- How often does DeWitt County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, DeWitt County, TX logged 486 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in DeWitt County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,750 customers without power, beginning August 26, 2017 and lasting about 7d 5h.
- Is there a power outage in DeWitt County, TX right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve DeWitt County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc, Victoria Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within DeWitt County.
77954, 77974, 77994, 77995, 78141, 78164
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 | |
| Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Victoria Electric Coop, Inc | 4.2 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Karnes Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
| City of Yoakum - (TX) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Cuero - (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/48123 and /api/v1/counties/48123/history. Live data as of .