When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Belton, TX?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Bell County, Texas
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customers reported out in Belton · live from Oncor (TX) · updated 9:08 PM CDT
Across the whole county (Bell, Texas, all utilities): 153 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Belton figure above.
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How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Belton, Texas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Belton is a city in Bell County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Belton directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Belton

Belton is a city of about 25,635 residents in Bell County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Belton by name, so this page reports the Bell County county-wide view, which covers Belton. If a serving utility does name Belton during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Belton: 76513 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Belton: the closest other places we track are Temple, about 6 miles to the northeast; Harker Heights, about 10 miles to the west; Killeen, about 15 miles to the west; Copperas Cove, about 26 miles to the west. Also nearby: Georgetown (30 mi SW), Gatesville (31 mi NW), Hewitt (32 mi NE), Taylor (34 mi S), Robinson (35 mi NE), Hutto (36 mi S), Liberty Hill (37 mi SW), Round Rock (38 mi S). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Cleburne (90 mi); northeast toward Waco (39 mi); east toward Bryan (70 mi); southeast toward College Station (77 mi); south toward Pflugerville (42 mi); southwest toward Leander (40 mi); northwest toward Stephenville (91 mi).

Who serves Belton?

We track live outage data from Bartlett Electric Cooperative, Pedernales Electric Coop ↗ in Bell County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Recent outages tracked in Belton

Belton's last tracked outage began Aug 16, peaked at 123 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours.

  • Aug 16 — 123 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Tracked by this site's own monitoring of the serving utilities' live feeds (outages of 25+ customers; times are US Eastern). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Bell County, TX (covers Belton)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 789 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 10 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~5.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.
That is longer than the Texas norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~62,146 customers out in May 2024, restored after about 26 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2021.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Belton, TX?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Belton area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Belton, TX?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Belton area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Belton ZIP code — 76513 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Belton, TX?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Bell County include Bartlett Electric Cooperative, Pedernales Electric Coop; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Belton specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Bell County county-wide view, which covers Belton. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Belton by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Belton. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Temple (6 mi NE) is the closest place we track separately.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Belton, TX — live power outage tracker