Power Outages in San Patricio County, TX
Is there a power outage in San Patricio County, TX right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:15 UTC, about 8 customers are without power in San Patricio County, TX across 3 reported incidents.
San Patricio County, TX is served by 2 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.4 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/texas/san-patricio-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 16:15 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in San Patricio County, TX", live data as of October 19, 2026 16:15 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/san-patricio-county
Report an outage in San Patricio County, TX
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for San Patricio Electric Coop Inc; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
96%of this county's ~37,092 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 | 8 | 32,939 | 0.0% | - | 3 | October 19, 2026 19:30 UTC | |
| San Patricio Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 2,797 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
AEP Texas Central Company and San Patricio 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 San Patricio 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78336 | 146 | ≤11 | 117 | ≤11 |
| 78374 | 121 | ≤11 | 93 | ≤11 |
| 78387 | 99 | ≤11 | 66 | ≤11 |
| 78368 | 87 | ≤11 | 69 | ≤11 |
| 78362 | 85 | ≤11 | 74 | ≤11 |
| 78390 | 58 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 78370 | 46 | ≤11 | 29 | ≤11 |
| 78359 | 17 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78352 | ≤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 San Patricio County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for San Patricio County right now.
San Patricio County has been under 33 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 17, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×12
- Wind Advisory ×5
- Flood Watch ×4
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Heat Advisory ×2
Latest San Patricio County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 34m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 19, 2026
- GREW
Outage grew to 870 customers out (2.4% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 547 customers out (1.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 35m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 18, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 539 customers out (1.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 15m
Hardest-hit cities in San Patricio 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 San Patricio Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in San Patricio County went about 6.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 21,381 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 6.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 21,381 customers out) · decade average 8.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 335 | 5,344 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 204 | 1,800 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 901 | 6,626 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 844 | 3,063 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | 808 | 6,717 | 8.3 |
| 2021 | 739 | 21,381 | 39.5 |
| 2022 | 761 | 5,072 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 757 | 7,338 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 744 | 5,003 | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 616 | 8,787 | 6.4 |
Cost of power in San Patricio County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for San Patricio 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.
- San Patricio Electric Coop Inc14.2¢10,087 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 8.3 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 San Patricio County: FAQ
- How often does San Patricio County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, San Patricio County, TX logged 616 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in San Patricio County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 21,381 customers without power, beginning February 14, 2021 and lasting about 6d 5h.
- Is there a power outage in San Patricio County, TX right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:15 UTC, about 8 customers are without power in San Patricio County, TX across 3 reported incidents.
- Which utilities serve San Patricio County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, San Patricio Electric Coop Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within San Patricio County.
78336, 78352, 78359, 78362, 78368, 78370, 78374, 78387, 78390
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in San Patricio County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Texas →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | 3.4 hrs | Live · county | Outage map ↗ |
| San Patricio Electric Coop Inc | 4.0 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/48409 and /api/v1/counties/48409/history. Live data as of .