Power Outages in Wharton County, TX
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Wharton County, TX. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.9 hours.
Wharton County, TX is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active power outages are currently reported in Wharton County.
No active NWS alerts for Wharton County right now.
Wharton County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Warning on July 17, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×5
- Flood Advisory ×2
Latest Wharton County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 54m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 661 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,117 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Wharton County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Wharton County went about 2.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 128,746 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 128,746 customers out) · decade average 41.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 244 | 2,353 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 83 | 1,638 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 789 | 1,570 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 703 | 5,405 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 816 | 1,578 | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 315 | 128,746 | 239.4 |
| 2022 | 296 | 14,552 | 45.6 |
| 2023 | 566 | 25,255 | 67.5 |
| 2024 | 693 | 15,144 | 49.3 |
| 2025 | 819 | 2,990 | 2.9 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 3.2% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 41.5 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 Wharton County: FAQ
- How often does Wharton County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wharton County, TX logged 819 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wharton County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 128,746 customers without power, beginning February 14, 2021 and lasting about 7d 14h.
- Is there a power outage in Wharton County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Wharton County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Wharton County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include CENTERPOINT ENERGY.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wharton County.
77420, 77432, 77435, 77436, 77437, 77443, 77448, 77453, 77454, 77455, 77467, 77488
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTERPOINT ENERGY | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/48481 and /api/v1/counties/48481/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Texas customers).