Power Outages in Ector County, TX
No live outage feed is available for Ector County, TX yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.
Ector County, TX is served by local tracked utilities.
Ector County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
No active NWS alerts for Ector County right now.
Ector County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Watch on July 17, 2026.
- Flash Flood Warning ×8
- Flood Watch ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Ector County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Odessano active outage
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.
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 |
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?
- No major outage is currently reported for Ector County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
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
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/48135 and /api/v1/counties/48135/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Texas customers).