Power Outages in Ellis County, TX
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Ellis County, TX across 1 reported incident. HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc., Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and United Electric Coop Service Inc - (TX) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.2 hours.
Ellis County, TX is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/texas/ellis-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Ellis County, TX", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/ellis-county
Not counted: no live feed for Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc.
0.0%of this county's ~98,123 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc., Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, United Electric Coop Service Inc - (TX).
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United Electric Coop Service Inc - (TX) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Ellis 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 (11)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75165 | 452 | 17 | 359 | ≤11 |
| 76065 | 345 | ≤11 | 260 | ≤11 |
| 75154 | 304 | ≤11 | 236 | ≤11 |
| 75119 | 276 | ≤11 | 216 | ≤11 |
| 75167 | 98 | ≤11 | 79 | ≤11 |
| 75125 | 71 | ≤11 | 58 | ≤11 |
| 75152 | 46 | ≤11 | 36 | ≤11 |
| 76651 | 33 | ≤11 | 27 | 0 |
| 76064 | 26 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 76670 | 22 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 76041 | ≤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 Ellis County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Ellis County right now.
Ellis County has been under 34 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×12
- Heat Advisory ×7
- Flood Watch ×5
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
Latest Ellis County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,750 customers out (1.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 1m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 759 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 25m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026
Hardest-hit cities in Ellis 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 Ellis Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Ellis County went about 8.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 25,236 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 8.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 25,236 customers out) · decade average 6.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 447 | 5,530 | 3.1 |
| 2017 | 95 | 1,933 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 777 | 12,920 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 763 | 10,669 | 7.0 |
| 2020 | 785 | 4,604 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 768 | 25,236 | 20.2 |
| 2022 | 766 | 8,532 | 6.1 |
| 2023 | 737 | 12,939 | 7.9 |
| 2024 | 743 | 10,937 | 6.8 |
| 2025 | 737 | 22,117 | 8.2 |
Cost of power in Ellis County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Ellis 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.
- United Electric Coop Service Inc - (TX)13.9¢91,268 cust
- HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc.14.8¢27,850 cust
- Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc12.9¢19,029 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 tornadoes exposure · 6.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Ellis County: FAQ
- How often does Ellis County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Ellis County, TX logged 737 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Ellis County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 25,236 customers without power, beginning February 14, 2021 and lasting about 7d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Ellis County, TX right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Ellis County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc., Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, United Electric Coop Service Inc - (TX).
Waxahachie, Midlothian. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Ellis County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ellis County.
75101, 75119, 75125, 75152, 75154, 75165, 75167, 76041, 76064, 76065, 76623, 76651, 76670
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Electric Coop Service Inc - (TX) | 2.0 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 3.5 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | - | Live · total only | |
| Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc | - | 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/48139 and /api/v1/counties/48139/history. Live data as of .