Power Outages in Fayette County, TX
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Fayette County, TX across 1 reported incident. Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc and San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Flatonia - (TX), City of La Grange - (TX) and City of Schulenburg - (TX), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.9 hours.
Fayette County, TX is served by 7 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/texas/fayette-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Fayette County, TX", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/fayette-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Flatonia - (TX), City of La Grange - (TX) and City of Schulenburg - (TX).
0.0%of this county's ~5,258 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Flatonia - (TX), City of La Grange - (TX), City of Schulenburg - (TX). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc, San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fayette Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Flatonia - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of La Grange - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Schulenburg - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Fayette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78945 | 92 | ≤11 | 57 | ≤11 |
| 78956 | 40 | ≤11 | 26 | 0 |
| 78941 | 20 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
| 78940 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 78954 | 14 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78963 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 78949 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78938 | ≤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 Fayette County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Fayette County right now.
Fayette County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×4
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Fayette 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 Fayette Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Fayette County went about 0.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,111 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 0.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 655 customers out) · decade average 2.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 195 | 612 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | 169 | 1,088 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 251 | 2,111 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | 176 | 67 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 191 | 314 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 221 | 653 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 234 | 655 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 225 | 1,690 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 244 | 671 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 221 | 575 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 243 | 398 | 0.9 |
Cost of power in Fayette County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Fayette 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.
- Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc11.6¢119,030 cust
- Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc11.8¢95,358 cust
- San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc14.1¢32,557 cust
- Fayette Electric Coop, Inc12.5¢14,439 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 · 2.3 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 Fayette County: FAQ
- How often does Fayette County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Fayette County, TX logged 243 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Fayette County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,111 customers without power, beginning July 21, 2017 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Fayette County, TX right now?
- Yes, about 2 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Fayette County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Fayette County.
78938, 78940, 78941, 78945, 78949, 78954, 78956, 78963
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | 1.9 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc | 3.1 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Fayette Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
| City of Flatonia - (TX) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Schulenburg - (TX) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of La Grange - (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/48149 and /api/v1/counties/48149/history. Live data as of .