Power Outages in Gonzales County, TX
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Gonzales County, TX across 1 reported incident. AEP Texas Central Company, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc and Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Flatonia - (TX), City of Gonzales - (TX) and City of Waelder - (TX), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.2 hours.
Gonzales County, TX is served by 7 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/texas/gonzales-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Gonzales County, TX", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/gonzales-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Flatonia - (TX), City of Gonzales - (TX) and City of Waelder - (TX).
0.0%of this county's ~16,317 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Flatonia - (TX), City of Gonzales - (TX), City of Waelder - (TX). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: AEP Texas Central Company, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Flatonia - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Gonzales - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Waelder - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Gonzales 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78629 | 107 | ≤11 | 84 | ≤11 |
| 78140 | 25 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 78632 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 78959 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78614 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78159 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 78122 | ≤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 Gonzales County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Gonzales County right now.
Gonzales County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Heat Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Gonzales 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 Gonzales Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Gonzales County went about 5.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,474 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 5.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 4,474 customers out) · decade average 7.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 537 | 1,528 | 4.8 |
| 2016 | 552 | 1,910 | 3.4 |
| 2017 | 538 | 4,474 | 15.4 |
| 2018 | 708 | 1,956 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 812 | 2,955 | 5.2 |
| 2020 | 661 | 3,243 | 6.1 |
| 2021 | 469 | 1,948 | 9.9 |
| 2022 | 481 | 1,421 | 5.3 |
| 2023 | 535 | 2,321 | 8.0 |
| 2024 | 485 | 4,145 | 10.3 |
| 2025 | 485 | 3,001 | 5.2 |
Cost of power in Gonzales County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Gonzales 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
- 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 hurricanes exposure · 7.1 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 Gonzales County: FAQ
- How often does Gonzales County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Gonzales County, TX logged 485 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Gonzales County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,474 customers without power, beginning August 26, 2017 and lasting about 6d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Gonzales County, TX right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Gonzales County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, Fayette Electric Coop, Inc, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Gonzales County.
78122, 78140, 78159, 78614, 78629, 78632, 78658, 78677, 78959
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | 3.4 hrs | Live · total only | |
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | 1.9 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Fayette Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
| City of Flatonia - (TX) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Waelder - (TX) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Gonzales - (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/48177 and /api/v1/counties/48177/history. Live data as of .