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Power Outages in Real County, TX

AEP Texas Central Company, Bandera Electric Coop, Inc, Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc, Medina Electric Coop, Inc and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 17.2 hours.

Real County, TX is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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AEP Texas Central Company, Bandera Electric Coop, Inc, Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc, Medina Electric Coop, Inc and Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Real County

0.0%of this county's ~5,019 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: AEP Texas Central Company, Bandera Electric Coop, Inc, Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc, Medina Electric Coop, Inc, Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
AEP Texas Central CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
Bandera Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Central Texas Elec Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Medina Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Pedernales Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Real 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
61
Oxygen service
33
Dialysis (facility)
22
Home health / hospice
≤11
By ZIP code (3)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
78873260190
78833200180
78879≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Real County, TX

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

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  • Wind AdvisoryMODERATE
Recent NWS alert activity · Real County

Real County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.

  • Flood Advisory ×5
  • Flash Flood Warning ×3
  • Flood Watch ×2
  • Special Weather Statement ×1
  • Wind Advisory ×1
Outage trend · Real County, TX
0customers out
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Real County, TX: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Real County

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

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Real County went about 17.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,239 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 17.2 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Real County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 3.8h, 2017 0.7h, 2018 4.9h, 2019 10.5h, 2020 12.5h, 2021 128.0h, 2022 13.7h, 2023 14.6h, 2024 11.3h, 2025 17.2h. Highlighted: 2021.0501001503.8h20150.7h20174.9h201810.5h201912.5h2020128.0h202113.7h202214.6h202311.3h202417.2h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 1,239 customers out) · decade average 21.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2015407273.8
201730990.7
20181207564.9
20191591,00210.5
20202151,23912.5
20212411,239128.0
20222341,23913.7
20232461,18114.6
202422267311.3
20252451,23917.2

Cost of power in Real County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Real 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.

12.8¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 24% 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
March 30, 20251,23930m
February 10, 20201,2394h
January 16, 20201,2394h
February 13, 20211,23915d 9h
April 3, 20251,23915m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Low wildfire exposure · 21.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneVery Low
TornadoVery Low
Ice stormVery Low
Strong windVery Low
WildfireRelatively Low

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

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Power outages in Real County: FAQ

How often does Real County, TX lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Real County, TX logged 245 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 17.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Real County, TX?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,239 customers without power, beginning March 30, 2025 and lasting about 30m.
Is there a power outage in Real County, TX right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Real County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Real County, TX?
Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Bandera Electric Coop, Inc, Medina Electric Coop, Inc.
Nearby counties
Bandera CountyEdwards CountyKerr CountyUvalde County
ZIP codes in Real County

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

78828, 78833, 78873, 78879

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
AEP Texas Central Company3.4 hrsLive · total only
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Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc1.5 hrsLive · total only
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Medina Electric Coop, Inc5.0 hrsLive · total only-
Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc3.7 hrsLive · total only-
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc2.6 hrsLive · 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/48385 and /api/v1/counties/48385/history.