Power Outages in Galveston County, TX
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 45 customers are without power in Galveston County, TX across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.8 hours.
Galveston County, TX is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Galveston County right now.
Galveston County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Tsunami Warning on July 14, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×5
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Galveston County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 37m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 1,154 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,333 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 49m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,649 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 7m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 741 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 58m
Hardest-hit cities in Galveston 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 Galveston Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Galveston County went about 4.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 164,920 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 164,920 customers out) · decade average 17.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 318 | 4,363 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 254 | 4,814 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | 299 | 5,088 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 656 | 6,174 | 2.8 |
| 2019 | 493 | 8,234 | 7.2 |
| 2020 | 569 | 9,739 | 4.2 |
| 2021 | 341 | 164,606 | 61.9 |
| 2022 | 329 | 23,317 | 9.5 |
| 2023 | 510 | 30,412 | 11.9 |
| 2024 | 535 | 164,920 | 84.1 |
| 2025 | 592 | 9,785 | 4.8 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 4.8% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 17.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Galveston County: FAQ
- How often does Galveston County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Galveston County, TX logged 592 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Galveston County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 164,920 customers without power, beginning July 8, 2024 and lasting about 17d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Galveston County, TX right now?
- Yes — about 45 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Galveston County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include CENTERPOINT ENERGY.
League City, Texas City, Galveston, Friendswood. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Galveston County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Galveston County.
77510, 77517, 77518, 77539, 77546, 77550, 77551, 77554, 77555, 77563, 77565, 77568, 77573, 77590, 77591, 77617, 77623, 77650
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTERPOINT ENERGY | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/48167 and /api/v1/counties/48167/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Texas customers). Live data as of .