Power Outages in Zavala County, TX
Is there a power outage in Zavala County, TX right now? Yes. As of October 20, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 6 customers are without power in Zavala County, TX across 1 reported incident.
Zavala County, TX is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.4 hours.
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- October 20, 2026 00:30 UTC
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- MassOutage
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Report an outage in Zavala County, TX
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc and Medina Electric Coop, Inc; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
9.7%of this county's ~66,613 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | Live · county | 0 | 4,571 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Medina Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 1,563 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 6 | 351 | 1.7% | - | - | - |
AEP Texas Central Company, Medina Electric Coop, Inc 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 Zavala 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 (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78839 | 80 | ≤11 | 51 | ≤11 |
| 78829 | 27 | ≤11 | 23 | 0 |
| 78872 | 16 | 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 Zavala County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Zavala County right now.
Zavala County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Wind Advisory ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Zavala 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 Zavala Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Zavala County went about 1.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,394 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 1.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 2,560 customers out) · decade average 0.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 251 | 3,394 | 0.5 |
| 2017 | 45 | 1,074 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 395 | 1,083 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 437 | 502 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 474 | 1,164 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | 504 | 2,560 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 469 | 1,051 | 0.4 |
| 2023 | 435 | 1,158 | 0.6 |
| 2024 | 63 | 1,045 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 33 | 780 | 1.4 |
Cost of power in Zavala County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Zavala 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.
- Medina Electric Coop, Inc12.5¢30,778 cust
- Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc18.3¢9,371 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 0.8 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 Zavala County: FAQ
- How often does Zavala County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Zavala County, TX logged 33 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Zavala County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,394 customers without power, beginning July 8, 2015 and lasting about 6h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Zavala County, TX right now?
- Yes. As of October 20, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 6 customers are without power in Zavala County, TX across 1 reported incident.
- Which utilities serve Zavala County, TX?
- Tracked electric providers include AEP Texas Central Company, Medina Electric Coop, Inc, Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Zavala County.
78829, 78839, 78872
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Zavala County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Texas →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Company | 3.4 hrs | Live · county | Outage map ↗ |
| Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | 3.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Medina Electric Coop, Inc | 5.0 hrs | 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/48507 and /api/v1/counties/48507/history. Live data as of .