Power Outages in Maverick County, TX
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 7 customers are without power in Maverick County, TX across 1 reported incident. AEP Texas Central Company and Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.9 hours.
Maverick County, TX is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/texas/maverick-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Maverick County, TX", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/maverick-county
0.0%of this county's ~23,334 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: AEP Texas Central Company, Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Maverick 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78852 | 281 | ≤11 | 147 | ≤11 |
| 78877 | ≤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 Maverick County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Maverick County right now.
Maverick County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
Latest Maverick County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 30m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 470 customers out (1.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 464 customers out (1.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Maverick 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 Maverick Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Maverick County went about 6.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 20,678 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 6.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 12,629 customers out) · decade average 7.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 231 | 5,124 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 57 | 782 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 550 | 8,860 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 589 | 6,789 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 554 | 7,603 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 534 | 12,629 | 34.0 |
| 2022 | 546 | 3,617 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 585 | 20,678 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 52 | 10,358 | 6.6 |
| 2025 | 14 | 9,267 | 6.9 |
Cost of power in Maverick County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Maverick 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.
- Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc18.3¢9,371 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 tornadoes exposure · 7.0 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 Maverick County: FAQ
- How often does Maverick County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Maverick County, TX logged 14 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Maverick County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 20,678 customers without power, beginning September 24, 2023 and lasting about 1h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Maverick County, TX right now?
- Yes, about 7 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Maverick County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Maverick County.
78852, 78860, 78877
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 | |
| Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | 3.2 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/48323 and /api/v1/counties/48323/history. Live data as of .