Power Outages in Starr County, TX
AEP Texas Central Company and Medina Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.1 hours.
Starr County, TX is served by 3 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Starr County, TX". https://massoutage.com/texas/starr-county
AEP Texas Central Company and Medina Electric Coop, Inc publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~26,919 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Magic Valley Electric 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 Central Company, Medina 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Medina Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Starr 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 (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78582 | 175 | ≤11 | 121 | ≤11 |
| 78584 | 121 | ≤11 | 90 | 0 |
| 78547 | 18 | ≤11 | 13 | ≤11 |
| 78548 | 16 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78591 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78588 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 78545 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 78536 | ≤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 Starr County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Starr County right now.
Starr County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 16, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×7
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Red Flag Warning ×2
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Starr County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Starr County went about 3.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,726 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 3.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 10,236 customers out) · decade average 5.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 377 | 6,979 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 79 | 498 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 680 | 3,921 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 677 | 7,865 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 684 | 10,726 | 14.5 |
| 2021 | 722 | 10,236 | 20.4 |
| 2022 | 794 | 4,934 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 711 | 4,993 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 794 | 2,633 | 3.3 |
| 2025 | 723 | 4,258 | 3.1 |
Cost of power in Starr County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Starr 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.
- Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc10.5¢129,596 cust
- Medina Electric Coop, Inc12.5¢30,778 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 ice storms exposure · 5.9 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 Starr County: FAQ
- How often does Starr County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Starr County, TX logged 723 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Starr County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,726 customers without power, beginning July 25, 2020 and lasting about 10d 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Starr County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Starr County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Starr County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Medina Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Starr County.
78536, 78545, 78547, 78548, 78582, 78584, 78585, 78588, 78591
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 | |
| Medina Electric Coop, Inc | 5.0 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc | 4.8 hrs | 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/48427 and /api/v1/counties/48427/history.