Power Outages in Wilson County, TX
AEP Texas Central Company, City of Floresville, City of San Antonio - (TX), Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc and Karnes Electric Coop Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.0 hours.
Wilson County, TX is served by 5 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Wilson County, TX". https://massoutage.com/texas/wilson-county
AEP Texas Central Company, City of Floresville, City of San Antonio - (TX), Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc and Karnes Electric Coop Inc publish no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~41,482 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: AEP Texas Central Company, City of Floresville, City of San Antonio - (TX), Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc, Karnes 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Floresville | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of San Antonio - (TX) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karnes Electric Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Wilson 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78114 | 206 | ≤11 | 152 | ≤11 |
| 78121 | 116 | ≤11 | 83 | ≤11 |
| 78160 | 59 | ≤11 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 78147 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 78161 | 12 | 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 Wilson County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Wilson County right now.
Wilson County has been under 21 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Air Quality Alert ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
- Heat Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Wilson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Wilson County went about 1.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,092 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 1.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 5,367 customers out) · decade average 1.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 321 | 2,081 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 274 | 1,108 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 226 | 3,084 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 259 | 3,123 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 398 | 1,742 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 843 | 3,011 | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 434 | 4,120 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | 497 | 7,092 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 453 | 5,367 | 6.1 |
| 2024 | 600 | 4,675 | 0.7 |
| 2025 | 573 | 3,264 | 1.0 |
Cost of power in Wilson County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Wilson 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.
- City of San Antonio - (TX)12.4¢888,946 cust
- Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc11.8¢95,358 cust
- City of Floresville12.2¢16,149 cust
- Karnes Electric Coop Inc10.3¢13,599 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 tornadoes exposure · 1.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Wilson County: FAQ
- How often does Wilson County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wilson County, TX logged 573 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wilson County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,092 customers without power, beginning April 18, 2022 and lasting about 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Wilson County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Wilson County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Wilson County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include City of Floresville, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc, Karnes Electric Coop Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wilson County.
78113, 78114, 78121, 78143, 78147, 78160, 78161
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 | |
| Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| City of San Antonio - (TX) | 1.8 hrs | Live · total only | |
| City of Floresville | 1.7 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Karnes Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
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/48493 and /api/v1/counties/48493/history.