Power Outages in Williamson County, TX
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Williamson County, TX across 1 reported incident. Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Bartlett - (TX), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.4 hours.
Williamson County, TX is served by 7 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/texas/williamson-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Williamson County, TX", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/texas/williamson-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Bartlett - (TX).
89%of this county's ~390,914 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Bartlett - (TX). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 141,643 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | Live · county | 0 | 141,301 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| City of Georgetown - (TX) | Live · county | 0 | 36,592 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Austin Energy | Live · county | 2 | 26,577 | 0.0% | - | 1 | October 19, 2026 14:52 UTC | |
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 1,029 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Bartlett - (TX) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, City of Georgetown - (TX), Austin Energy and Bluebonnet 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.
Municipalities in Williamson County
Town-by-town counts as reported by Austin Energy, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .
| Town | Utility | Out | Served | % out | Utility ETR | Small outages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78729 | Austin Energy | 2 | 16,576 | 0.0% | October 19, 2026 14:52 UTC | - |
Show 3 towns with no outages
| 78613 | Austin Energy | 0 | 1,256 | 0.0% | - | - |
| 78681 | Austin Energy | 0 | 9 | 0.0% | - | - |
| 78717 | Austin Energy | 0 | 8,736 | 0.0% | - | - |
Active outages in Williamson County0
No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Williamson 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 (17)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78633 | 575 | 20 | 376 | ≤11 |
| 78628 | 349 | ≤11 | 241 | ≤11 |
| 78613 | 344 | 21 | 235 | ≤11 |
| 78665 | 302 | ≤11 | 217 | ≤11 |
| 78626 | 256 | ≤11 | 173 | ≤11 |
| 78681 | 247 | ≤11 | 161 | ≤11 |
| 78664 | 244 | ≤11 | 168 | ≤11 |
| 76574 | 186 | 12 | 128 | ≤11 |
| 78634 | 180 | ≤11 | 127 | ≤11 |
| 78642 | 146 | ≤11 | 103 | ≤11 |
| 78729 | 102 | ≤11 | 67 | ≤11 |
| 76537 | 94 | ≤11 | 65 | ≤11 |
| 78717 | 90 | ≤11 | 54 | ≤11 |
| 76527 | 51 | ≤11 | 36 | ≤11 |
| 76530 | 27 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 76578 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 78615 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Williamson County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Williamson County right now.
Williamson County has been under 23 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Air Quality Alert ×3
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
Latest Williamson County, TX outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 35m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,523 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 662 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 963 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 8h 20m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 15, 2026
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Williamson County went about 2.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 134,418 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 2.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 134,418 customers out) · decade average 4.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 677 | 14,477 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 274 | 1,534 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | 739 | 4,245 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 1,009 | 22,402 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 986 | 15,966 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 890 | 9,786 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 869 | 134,418 | 23.6 |
| 2022 | 829 | 22,258 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 649 | 70,703 | 14.0 |
| 2024 | 773 | 11,078 | 2.3 |
| 2025 | 796 | 13,389 | 2.4 |
Cost of power in Williamson County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Williamson 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.
- Austin Energy13.1¢522,446 cust
- Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc12.8¢420,753 cust
- Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc11.6¢119,030 cust
- City of Georgetown - (TX)13.8¢31,654 cust
- Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc15.2¢12,402 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.
Very High winter weather exposure · 4.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Williamson County: FAQ
- How often does Williamson County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Williamson County, TX logged 796 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Williamson County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 134,418 customers without power, beginning February 11, 2021 and lasting about 11d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Williamson County, TX right now?
- Yes, about 2 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Williamson County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include Austin Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc, City of Georgetown - (TX), Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.
Round Rock, Georgetown, Leander, Cedar Park. Town-level outage counts are in the municipalities table above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Williamson County.
76527, 76530, 76537, 76573, 76574, 76578, 78613, 78615, 78626, 78628, 78633, 78634, 78642, 78664, 78665, 78674, 78681, 78717, 78729
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | 1.5 hrs | Live · county | |
| Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | 1.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc | 3.6 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Austin Energy | 3.0 hrs | Live · county | |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | - | Live · county | |
| City of Bartlett - (TX) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Georgetown - (TX) | - | 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/48491 and /api/v1/counties/48491/history. Live data as of .