Power Outages in Taylor County, TX
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by AEP Texas North Company and Taylor Electric Coop Inc - (TX) in Taylor County, TX. There is no live feed for Coleman County Elec Coop, Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.5 hours.
Taylor County, TX is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/texas/taylor-county
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Taylor County, TX", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/taylor-county
No active outages are reported by AEP Texas North Company and Taylor Electric Coop Inc - (TX) in Taylor County.
No live feed for Coleman County Elec Coop, Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
100%of this county's ~41,704 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Coleman County Elec Coop, Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas North Company | Live · county | 0 | 62,213 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| AEP Texas Central Company | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Taylor Electric Coop Inc - (TX) | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Coleman County Elec Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
AEP Texas North Company and Taylor Electric Coop Inc - (TX) 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 Taylor 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 (10)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79605 | 318 | ≤11 | 256 | ≤11 |
| 79606 | 242 | ≤11 | 197 | ≤11 |
| 79603 | 233 | ≤11 | 193 | ≤11 |
| 79602 | 233 | ≤11 | 186 | ≤11 |
| 79536 | 74 | ≤11 | 69 | 0 |
| 79562 | 48 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 79508 | 24 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 79563 | 20 | 0 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 79541 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 79530 | ≤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 Taylor County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Taylor County right now.
Taylor County has been under 26 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×11
- Flood Watch ×5
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
Latest Taylor County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 40m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 629 customers out (3.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Taylor County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Abileneno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Taylor County went about 10.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 18,703 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 10.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 18,703 customers out) · decade average 14.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 396 | 1,906 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 89 | 1,048 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 815 | 6,867 | 6.7 |
| 2019 | 854 | 10,986 | 10.0 |
| 2020 | 826 | 6,836 | 11.3 |
| 2021 | 839 | 18,703 | 74.3 |
| 2022 | 841 | 5,735 | 9.6 |
| 2023 | 826 | 14,564 | 15.1 |
| 2024 | 906 | 11,427 | 8.6 |
| 2025 | 820 | 7,369 | 10.5 |
Cost of power in Taylor County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Taylor 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.
- Taylor Electric Coop Inc - (TX)16.1¢19,215 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 High winter weather exposure · 14.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Taylor County: FAQ
- How often does Taylor County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Taylor County, TX logged 820 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Taylor County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 18,703 customers without power, beginning February 14, 2021 and lasting about 5d 18h.
- Is there a power outage in Taylor County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Taylor County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Taylor County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, AEP Texas North Company, Taylor Electric Coop Inc - (TX).
Abilene. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Taylor County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Taylor County.
79508, 79530, 79536, 79541, 79562, 79563, 79566, 79602, 79603, 79605, 79606, 79607, 79699
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 · county | |
| AEP Texas North Company | 2.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Taylor Electric Coop Inc - (TX) | 6.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Coleman County 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/48441 and /api/v1/counties/48441/history.