Power Outages in Lee County, TX
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc and Fayette Electric Coop, Inc in Lee County, TX. Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Giddings - (TX) and City of Lexington - (TX). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.5 hours.
Lee County, TX is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/texas/lee-county
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lee County, TX", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/lee-county
No active outages are reported by Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc and Fayette Electric Coop, Inc in Lee County.
Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for City of Giddings - (TX) and City of Lexington - (TX): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
89%of this county's ~10,591 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Giddings - (TX), City of Lexington - (TX). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 9,387 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Fayette Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Giddings - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Lexington - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc and Fayette Electric Coop, Inc 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 Lee 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78942 | 75 | ≤11 | 49 | ≤11 |
| 78947 | 44 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 78948 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78946 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 77853 | ≤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 Lee County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lee County right now.
Lee County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×4
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Lee County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 566 customers out (6.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Lee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lee County went about 14.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,223 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 14.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 2,223 customers out) · decade average 22.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 604 | 1,707 | 16.7 |
| 2016 | 459 | 2,223 | 18.7 |
| 2017 | 530 | 2,223 | 13.3 |
| 2018 | 540 | 1,305 | 5.3 |
| 2019 | 555 | 2,176 | 8.9 |
| 2020 | 516 | 1,692 | 8.3 |
| 2021 | 557 | 2,223 | 60.3 |
| 2022 | 589 | 2,223 | 12.8 |
| 2023 | 613 | 2,223 | 60.3 |
| 2024 | 544 | 2,223 | 25.3 |
| 2025 | 594 | 2,065 | 14.5 |
Cost of power in Lee County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lee 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
- Fayette Electric Coop, Inc12.5¢14,439 cust
- Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc15.2¢12,402 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 Low hurricanes exposure · 22.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Lee County: FAQ
- How often does Lee County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lee County, TX logged 594 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lee County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,223 customers without power, beginning February 17, 2021 and lasting about 1d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Lee County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lee County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Lee County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lee County.
77853, 78942, 78946, 78947, 78948
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | 1.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc | 3.6 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Fayette Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Giddings - (TX) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Lexington - (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/48287 and /api/v1/counties/48287/history.