Power Outages in Val Verde County, TX
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, about 73 customers are without power in Val Verde County, TX across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.4 hours.
Val Verde County, TX is served by 3 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/texas/val-verde-county
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- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Val Verde County, TX", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/val-verde-county
Not counted: no live feed for Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc.
90%of this county's ~24,765 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
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.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | Live · county | 0 | 19,989 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 73 | 2,266 | 3.2% | - | - | - | |
| Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
AEP Texas Central Company and Rio Grande 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 Val Verde 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78840 | 377 | ≤11 | 282 | ≤11 |
| 78837 | ≤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 Val Verde County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Val Verde County right now.
Val Verde County has been under 79 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×37
- Special Weather Statement ×10
- Flash Flood Warning ×10
- Flood Advisory ×8
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×7
- Flood Watch ×4
Latest Val Verde County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 343 customers out (1.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Val Verde 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 Val Verde Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Val Verde County went about 7.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 18,455 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 7.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 12,769 customers out) · decade average 9.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 191 | 11,428 | 8.1 |
| 2017 | 63 | 2,291 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 593 | 18,455 | 4.8 |
| 2019 | 566 | 3,457 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 634 | 10,673 | 8.2 |
| 2021 | 563 | 12,769 | 48.9 |
| 2022 | 561 | 9,009 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 621 | 10,056 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 395 | 9,974 | 8.1 |
| 2025 | 215 | 4,092 | 7.4 |
Cost of power in Val Verde County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Val Verde 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.
- Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc18.3¢9,371 cust
- Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc14.6¢5,934 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 winter weather exposure · 9.9 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 Val Verde County: FAQ
- How often does Val Verde County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Val Verde County, TX logged 215 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Val Verde County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 18,455 customers without power, beginning March 20, 2018 and lasting about 10h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Val Verde County, TX right now?
- Yes, about 73 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Val Verde County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Val Verde County.
78837, 78840, 78841, 78842, 78843, 78871
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 | |
| Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | 3.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
| 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/48465 and /api/v1/counties/48465/history. Live data as of .