Power Outages in Harris County, TX
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 1,257 customers are without power in Harris County, TX across 52 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.3 hours.
Harris County, TX is served by 1 tracked utility.
Out for ~6 hours; outages this size here usually clear within about ~3 days.
Historical average from 59 past outages here — an estimate, not a utility ETA. How long do outages usually last?
No active NWS alerts for Harris County right now.
Harris County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Warning on July 14, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×9
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
- Flood Warning ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Harris County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 1,114 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,924 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 702 customers out (0.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 22m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 3,712 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6h 56m
- GREW
Outage grew to 2,111 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- GREW
Outage grew to 2,112 customers out (0.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Harris 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 Harris Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Harris County went about 5.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,660,703 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 1,660,703 customers out) · decade average 11.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 152 | 68,920 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 134 | 830 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 136 | 7,291 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 19 | 25,183 | 2.3 |
| 2019 | 20 | 37,123 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 55,836 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 23 | 455,986 | 11.7 |
| 2022 | 65 | 40,873 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 35 | 88,095 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,660,703 | 96.3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 148,911 | 5.3 |
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 21.4% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Very High hurricanes exposure · 11.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Harris County: FAQ
- How often does Harris County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Harris County, TX logged 5 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Harris County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,660,703 customers without power, beginning July 8, 2024 and lasting about 10d 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Harris County, TX right now?
- Yes — about 1,257 customers are currently without power across 52 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Harris County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include CENTERPOINT ENERGY.
Houston, Pasadena, Baytown. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Harris County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Harris County (showing 40 of 132).
77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77010, 77011, 77012, 77013, 77014, 77015, 77016, 77017, 77018, 77019, 77020, 77021, 77022, 77023, 77024, 77025, 77026, 77027, 77028, 77029, 77030, 77031, 77032, 77033, 77034, 77035, 77036, 77037, 77038, 77039, 77040, 77041
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/48201 and /api/v1/counties/48201/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Texas customers). Live data as of .