When will the power be back in San Antonio, TX?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
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 San Antonio, Texas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. San Antonio is a city in Bexar County; when the serving utility's public feed reports San Antonio directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
San Antonio is a city of about 1,526,656 residents in Bexar County.
CPS Energy has reported outages for San Antonio by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when San Antonio is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in San Antonio: 78201 · 78202 · 78203 · 78204 · 78205 · 78206 · 78207 · 78208 · 78209 · 78210 · 78211 · 78212 · 78213 · 78214 · 78215 · 78216 · 78217 · 78218 · 78219 · 78220 · 78221 · 78222 · 78223 · 78224 · 78225 · 78226 · 78227 · 78228 · 78229 · 78230 · 78231 · 78232 · 78233 · 78235 · 78237 · 78238 · 78239 · 78240 · 78241 · 78242 · 78243 · 78244 · 78245 · 78246 · 78247 · 78248 · 78249 · 78250 · 78251 · 78252 · 78253 · 78254 · 78255 · 78256 · 78257 · 78258 · 78259 · 78260 · 78261 · 78263 · 78264 · 78265 · 78266 · 78268 · 78269 · 78270 · 78278 · 78279 · 78280 · 78283 · 78284 · 78285 · 78288 · 78289 · 78291 · 78292 · 78293 · 78294 · 78295 · 78296 · 78297 · 78298 · 78299 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around San Antonio: the closest other places we track are Leon Valley, about 6 miles to the northwest; Helotes, about 13 miles to the northwest; Live Oak, about 13 miles to the northeast; Converse, about 13 miles to the east. Also nearby: Universal City (15 mi NE), Selma (15 mi NE), Schertz (18 mi NE), Cibolo (20 mi E), Fair Oaks Ranch (21 mi N), Boerne (26 mi NW), New Braunfels (30 mi NE), Pleasanton (34 mi S). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fredericksburg (60 mi); northeast toward San Marcos (45 mi); east toward Seguin (35 mi); southeast toward Beeville (87 mi); south toward Alice (121 mi); southwest toward Eagle Pass (129 mi); west toward Uvalde (77 mi); northwest toward Kerrville (54 mi).
Who serves San Antonio?
San Antonio is served by CPS Energy ↗. 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.
San Antonio's last tracked outage began Aug 15, peaked at 858 customers out, and was restored in 50 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Aug 15 — 858 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Aug 15 — 767 customers out, restored in 10 hours
- Aug 14 — 95 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 14 — 2,657 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in San Antonio, 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 San Antonio area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from San Antonio's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in San Antonio, TX?
This page is a live power outage status check for the San Antonio 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 San Antonio ZIP code — 78201, 78202, 78203, 78204, 78205, 78206, or any of the other 77 — 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 San Antonio, TX?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. San Antonio is served by CPS Energy — use that utility's 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 San Antonio specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for San Antonio we have the city-level view: CPS Energy has published outages for San Antonio under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When San Antonio is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Bexar County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes San Antonio.
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.
