We track power outages using real-time data from utility companies.  There are currently 3,117 power outages impacting homes and businesses across the state of Texas.

  • Total number of power outages:  3,117 outages
  • Number of utilities experiencing outages:  19
  • Utility with the most outages:  Lamb County Electric Coop (582)
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July 17, 2024 update:

CenterPoint Energy cut the number of power outages impacting their customers in half over the past 24 hours.  There are now roughly 50,000 CenterPoint customers without electricity as of 8 AM CST.

July 16, 2024 update:

CenterPoint Energy continued to turn the lights back on for homes and businesses overnight.  As of 8 AM CST this morning the number of CenterPoint customers without power was roughly 120,000, a little over half of what it was yesterday afternoon.

July 15, 2024 update:

Since Friday afternoon, CenterPoint has restored power for roughly 650,000 homes and businesses.  Unfortunately, over 200,000 of their customers still remain in the dark (and heat) a week after Hurricane Beryl made landfall.

July 12, 2024 update #2:

CenterPoint Energy continues to slowly bring power back online to homes and businesses.  In the past 6 hours (8:11 AM through 2:11 PM CST), CenterPoint has restored electricity for roughly 17,000 customers.  This brings the total number of CenterPoint Energy customers without power to 860,320 as of Friday afternoon.

July 12, 2024 update #1:

Real-time power outage data from CenterPoint Energy has been restored!

Our engineers discovered that CenterPoint Energy changed how their systems reported power outages to the public — this is why we stopped receiving real-time power outage data from them on Wednesday.  Our team has made the required technical changes and updates — we are once again receiving power outage data from CenterPoint Energy.

As of this morning (8:11 AM Central), 877,631 CenterPoint Energy customers are without electricity.  This number has decreased from 1.3 million customers on Wednesday when we first stopped receiving power outage data.

Refer to the table below for real-time updates from CenterPoint Energy and other Texas energy providers impacted by Hurricane Beryl.

July 11, 2024 update:

CenterPoint Energy — the energy provider most impacted by Hurricane Beryl — stopped transmitting real-time power outage data to us on Wednesday, July 10th.   At last update (approximately 11:54 AM yesterday), CenterPoint had 1,362,972 customers without electricity.  This represents 70% of their customers in the Houston area.

Another hard hit utility still restoring power for customers is Texas-New Mexico Power (TNMP).  Over 50,000 of their customers (approximately 20% of its customer-base) are without electricity as of 9:52 AM Central today.

July 10, 2024 update:

Millions of Texans are still without power days after Beryl made landfall in Texas.  The area hit hardest by Beryl — the Houston area — remains the most impacted by power outages with over a million CenterPoint customers without power.

July 9, 2024 update:

Millions of homes and businesses in the state of Texas are without power due to Hurricane Beryl.

Most Likely Causes of Power Outages

Power outages can impact any home and business at anytime, particularly on the hyper-local level (your city block, neighborhood, etc).  A car accident that damages a utility pole on your street can knock out power to just your house, or a handful of houses, for several hours, for example.

Power outages on a broader scale — those affecting dozens, hundreds, or thousands of energy customers — can also occur at anytime, but some homes and businesses are more susceptible to them than others.

Two primary causes and factors of power outages include:

Severe weather – Homes and businesses are that are located in areas prone to severe weather like hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, or heavy snow are more likely to experience outages. States like Florida and California have more frequent outages.

Local infrastructure – Cities and towns with older power grids (rural) or lots of overhead power lines are more susceptible to outages caused by things like tree branches, animals, or motor vehicle accidents.

On average, most homes and businesses go without power for just over eight hours a year.  Individual experiences may vary wildly, of course, as some may only experience a few flickers here and there — and some may experience a single hurricane or blizzard that can knock power out for days or even weeks.