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Power Outages in Menard County, TX

AEP Texas North Company, Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 11.6 hours.

Menard County, TX is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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AEP Texas North Company, Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Menard County

0.0%of this county's ~2,792 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: AEP Texas North Company, Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
AEP Texas North CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
Central Texas Elec Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLCLive · total onlynot by county------
Pedernales Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Southwest Texas Elec Coop, IncNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Menard 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.

Power-dependent
47
Oxygen service
15
Dialysis (facility)
≤11
Home health / hospice
22
By ZIP code (2)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
7685935033≤11
76848≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Menard County, TX

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Menard County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Menard County

Menard County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×7
  • Flood Advisory ×5
  • Flood Watch ×3
  • Wind Advisory ×2
  • Flood Warning ×1

Latest Menard County, TX outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 30m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 143 customers out (5.8% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 49m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 143 customers out (5.8% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 100 customers out (4.0% of the county)

Outage trend · Menard County, TX
0customers out · peak 2
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Menard County, TX: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 2 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.511.52Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Menard County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

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Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Menard County went about 11.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,142 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 11.6 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Menard County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.2h, 2017 0.3h, 2018 8.2h, 2019 13.1h, 2020 10.2h, 2021 60.3h, 2022 7.6h, 2023 11.7h, 2024 13.5h, 2025 11.6h. Highlighted: 2021.0204060800.2h20150.3h20178.2h201813.1h201910.2h202060.3h20217.6h202211.7h202313.5h202411.6h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 1,142 customers out) · decade average 13.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201524810.2
201755860.3
20181651,1428.2
20191931,14213.1
202021880010.2
20212291,14260.3
20222025357.6
202323787311.7
202420665713.5
202520981811.6

Cost of power in Menard County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Menard 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.

13.4¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 14% since 2015
vs Texas avg 15.9¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
May 3, 20181,14245m
February 13, 20211,1425d 1h
February 10, 20191,1424h 30m
March 30, 20211,1421h 15m
June 4, 201889013h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Very Low hurricanes exposure · 13.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneVery Low
TornadoVery Low
Ice stormVery Low
Strong windVery Low
WildfireVery Low

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Menard County: FAQ

How often does Menard County, TX lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Menard County, TX logged 209 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 11.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Menard County, TX?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,142 customers without power, beginning May 3, 2018 and lasting about 45m.
Is there a power outage in Menard County, TX right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Menard County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Menard County, TX?
Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas North Company, Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.
Nearby counties
Concho CountyKimble CountyMason CountyMcCulloch County
ZIP codes in Menard County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Menard County.

76848, 76859

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
AEP Texas North Company2.2 hrsLive · total only-
Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc1.5 hrsLive · total only
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Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc3.7 hrsLive · total only-
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC-Live · total only
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Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc-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/48327 and /api/v1/counties/48327/history.