Power Outages in Hays County, TX
Austin Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, City of San Marcos - (TX) and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.9 hours.
Hays County, TX is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Hays County, TX". https://massoutage.com/texas/hays-county
Austin Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, City of San Marcos - (TX) and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~133,299 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Austin Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, City of San Marcos - (TX), Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Energy | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of San Marcos - (TX) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Hays 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78666 | 419 | 14 | 291 | ≤11 |
| 78640 | 344 | ≤11 | 243 | ≤11 |
| 78610 | 259 | ≤11 | 175 | ≤11 |
| 78620 | 131 | ≤11 | 93 | ≤11 |
| 78676 | 128 | ≤11 | 98 | 0 |
| 78737 | 100 | ≤11 | 63 | 0 |
| 78619 | 40 | ≤11 | 23 | ≤11 |
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 Hays County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Hays County right now.
Hays County has been under 17 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Air Quality Alert ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Heat Advisory ×2
Latest Hays County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 49m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 426 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,644 customers out (1.7% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Hays County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- San Marcosno outage reported
- Kyleno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Hays County went about 1.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 53,598 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 1.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 53,598 customers out) · decade average 4.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 137 | 483 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 117 | 142 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 664 | 6,201 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 881 | 7,358 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 1,129 | 10,499 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 1,023 | 6,812 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 1,006 | 53,598 | 22.6 |
| 2022 | 1,136 | 15,061 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 985 | 11,793 | 10.2 |
| 2024 | 1,153 | 6,946 | 1.8 |
| 2025 | 1,159 | 10,623 | 1.9 |
Cost of power in Hays County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Hays 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.
- Austin Energy13.1¢522,446 cust
- Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc12.8¢420,753 cust
- Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc11.6¢119,030 cust
- City of San Marcos - (TX)12.7¢22,362 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 High high winds exposure · 4.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Hays County: FAQ
- How often does Hays County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Hays County, TX logged 1,159 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Hays County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 53,598 customers without power, beginning February 14, 2021 and lasting about 4d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Hays County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Hays County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Hays County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include Austin Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, City of San Marcos - (TX), Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.
San Marcos, Kyle. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Hays County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Hays County.
78610, 78619, 78620, 78640, 78666, 78676, 78737
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | 1.5 hrs | Live · total only | |
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | 1.9 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Austin Energy | 3.0 hrs | Live · total only | |
| City of San Marcos - (TX) | 2.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
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/48209 and /api/v1/counties/48209/history.