Power Outages in Kleberg County, TX
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by AEP Texas Central Company and Nueces Electric Cooperative in Kleberg County, TX. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.3 hours.
Kleberg County, TX is served by 2 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/texas/kleberg-county
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Kleberg County, TX", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/kleberg-county
No active outages are reported by AEP Texas Central Company and Nueces Electric Cooperative in Kleberg County.
96%of this county's ~15,789 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | Live · county | 0 | 12,002 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Nueces Electric Cooperative | Live · county | 0 | 3,092 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
AEP Texas Central Company and Nueces Electric Cooperative reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Kleberg 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 (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78418 | 243 | 20 | 193 | ≤11 |
| 78363 | 182 | 15 | 132 | ≤11 |
| 78379 | 16 | ≤11 | 12 | 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 Kleberg County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Kleberg County right now.
Kleberg County has been under 49 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×22
- Rip Current Statement ×11
- Wind Advisory ×5
- Flood Watch ×4
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Flood Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Kleberg County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Kleberg County went about 3.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,974 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 3.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 10,974 customers out) · decade average 5.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 184 | 7,148 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | 266 | 1,558 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 656 | 3,958 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 682 | 10,974 | 16.1 |
| 2020 | 600 | 4,225 | 7.0 |
| 2021 | 616 | 6,212 | 9.1 |
| 2022 | 608 | 2,566 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 621 | 2,822 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 590 | 2,102 | 2.1 |
| 2025 | 663 | 2,377 | 3.3 |
Cost of power in Kleberg County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Kleberg 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.
- Nueces Electric Cooperative11.4¢49,903 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 hurricanes exposure · 5.3 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 Kleberg County: FAQ
- How often does Kleberg County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Kleberg County, TX logged 663 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Kleberg County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,974 customers without power, beginning June 6, 2019 and lasting about 4d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Kleberg County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Kleberg County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Kleberg County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Nueces Electric Cooperative.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Kleberg County.
78363, 78379, 78418
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 · county | |
| Nueces Electric Cooperative | 6.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
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/48273 and /api/v1/counties/48273/history.