Power Outages in Ector County, TX
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 66 customers are without power in Ector County, TX across 3 reported incidents. Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Southwestern Public Service Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Goldsmith - (TX), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.
Ector County, TX is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/texas/ector-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Ector County, TX", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/ector-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Goldsmith - (TX).
0.0%of this county's ~135,394 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Goldsmith - (TX). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Southwestern Public Service Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southwestern Public Service Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Goldsmith - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Ector 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79762 | 310 | ≤11 | 261 | ≤11 |
| 79763 | 293 | ≤11 | 266 | ≤11 |
| 79761 | 269 | ≤11 | 233 | ≤11 |
| 79764 | 209 | ≤11 | 185 | ≤11 |
| 79765 | 114 | ≤11 | 102 | ≤11 |
| 79766 | 62 | ≤11 | 53 | ≤11 |
| 79758 | 27 | 0 | 22 | ≤11 |
| 79741 | ≤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 Ector County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Ector County right now.
Ector County has been under 37 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×15
- Flood Watch ×7
- Special Weather Statement ×7
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
Latest Ector County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 19h 36m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 266 customers out
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 549 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 930 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 584 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 1,911 customers out
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026
Hardest-hit cities in Ector 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 Ector Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Ector County went about 1.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 28,468 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 1.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 28,468 customers out) · decade average 2.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 463 | 10,579 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 116 | 2,250 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 859 | 7,019 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 793 | 10,115 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 907 | 5,246 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 844 | 28,468 | 8.8 |
| 2022 | 936 | 6,026 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 911 | 4,789 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 864 | 5,214 | 1.2 |
| 2025 | 843 | 6,215 | 1.6 |
Cost of power in Ector County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Ector 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.
- Southwestern Public Service Co13.9¢223,685 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.
Very High winter weather exposure · 2.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Ector County: FAQ
- How often does Ector County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Ector County, TX logged 843 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Ector County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 28,468 customers without power, beginning February 12, 2021 and lasting about 8d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Ector County, TX right now?
- Yes, about 66 customers are currently without power across 3 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Ector County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC.
Odessa. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Ector County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ector County.
79741, 79758, 79759, 79761, 79762, 79763, 79764, 79766, 79769, 79776
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Public Service Co | 6.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | - | Live · total only | |
| City of Goldsmith - (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/48135 and /api/v1/counties/48135/history. Live data as of .