Power Outages in El Paso County, TX
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for El Paso Electric Co. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.3 hours.
El Paso County, TX is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/texas/el-paso-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in El Paso County, TX". https://massoutage.com/texas/el-paso-county
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for El Paso Electric Co: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~347,883 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: El Paso Electric Co. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| El Paso Electric Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in El Paso 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 (28)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79936 | 944 | 22 | 760 | 24 |
| 79924 | 739 | 12 | 618 | 16 |
| 79907 | 692 | 16 | 563 | 14 |
| 79912 | 653 | 22 | 523 | 14 |
| 79938 | 464 | 15 | 372 | 12 |
| 79915 | 450 | ≤11 | 369 | ≤11 |
| 79928 | 436 | ≤11 | 359 | 15 |
| 79927 | 426 | ≤11 | 357 | ≤11 |
| 79925 | 418 | 12 | 334 | ≤11 |
| 79904 | 310 | ≤11 | 257 | ≤11 |
| 79905 | 273 | ≤11 | 225 | ≤11 |
| 79930 | 268 | ≤11 | 208 | ≤11 |
| 79903 | 236 | ≤11 | 193 | ≤11 |
| 79932 | 227 | ≤11 | 190 | ≤11 |
| 79935 | 187 | ≤11 | 149 | ≤11 |
| 79902 | 173 | ≤11 | 146 | ≤11 |
| 79901 | 165 | ≤11 | 133 | ≤11 |
| 79934 | 139 | ≤11 | 112 | ≤11 |
| 79849 | 129 | 0 | 111 | ≤11 |
| 79835 | 126 | ≤11 | 108 | ≤11 |
| 79838 | 97 | ≤11 | 80 | ≤11 |
| 79922 | 83 | ≤11 | 72 | 0 |
| 79836 | 77 | ≤11 | 66 | ≤11 |
| 79821 | 41 | ≤11 | 38 | ≤11 |
| 79911 | 33 | 0 | 27 | ≤11 |
| 79853 | 31 | 0 | 25 | ≤11 |
| 79908 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | ≤11 |
| 79906 | ≤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 El Paso County or any town and utility in it.
- High Wind WarningSEVERE
- Blowing Dust AdvisoryMODERATE
El Paso County has been under 110 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Blowing Dust Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×42
- Flash Flood Warning ×29
- Flood Watch ×14
- Special Weather Statement ×10
- Flood Warning ×7
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
Hardest-hit cities in El Paso County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- El Pasono outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in El Paso County went about 1.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 38,358 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 1.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 27,876 customers out) · decade average 1.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 993 | 9,381 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 969 | 15,755 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 887 | 16,672 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 954 | 8,538 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 957 | 15,159 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 1,016 | 27,034 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 955 | 38,358 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 973 | 7,137 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 971 | 27,876 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 1,114 | 9,373 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 905 | 11,686 | 1.3 |
Cost of power in El Paso County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for El Paso 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.
- El Paso Electric Co13.9¢320,320 cust
- Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc18.3¢9,371 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 · 1.6 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 El Paso County: FAQ
- How often does El Paso County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, El Paso County, TX logged 905 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in El Paso County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 38,358 customers without power, beginning November 13, 2021 and lasting about 12h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in El Paso County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for El Paso County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve El Paso County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc.
El Paso. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the El Paso County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within El Paso County.
79821, 79835, 79836, 79838, 79849, 79853, 79901, 79902, 79903, 79904, 79905, 79906, 79907, 79908, 79911, 79912, 79915, 79916, 79918, 79920, 79922, 79924, 79925, 79927, 79928, 79930, 79932, 79934, 79935, 79936, 79938
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | 3.2 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| El Paso Electric Co | 1.2 hrs | 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/48141 and /api/v1/counties/48141/history.