When will the power be back in Port Lavaca, TX?
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Port Lavaca is a city of about 11,299 residents in Calhoun County.
AEP Texas and Victoria Electric Cooperative have reported outages for Port Lavaca by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Port Lavaca 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 Port Lavaca:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Port Lavaca: the closest other places we track are Victoria, about 26 miles to the northwest; El Campo, about 46 miles to the northeast; Bay City, about 48 miles to the northeast; and Rockport, about 49 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Ingleside (63 mi SW), Portland (66 mi SW), Beeville (70 mi W), Lake Jackson (77 mi NE), Clute (80 mi E), Freeport (80 mi E), Corpus Christi (80 mi SW) and Rosenberg (80 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Brenham (107 mi); northeast toward Angleton (82 mi); east toward Galveston (113 mi); southwest toward Robstown (85 mi); west toward Pleasanton (116 mi); and northwest toward Seguin (105 mi).
Who serves Port Lavaca?
We track live outage data from AEP Texas, Victoria Electric Cooperative and Jackson Electric Cooperative in Calhoun County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Port Lavaca's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 73 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 35 minutes.
- Oct 2 — 73 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Oct 2 — 41 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 27 — 41 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 17 — 29 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
County context: across all of Calhoun County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Calhoun County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Port Lavaca, TX?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Port Lavaca's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 35 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Port Lavaca, TX?
To check your own street, search a Port Lavaca ZIP code — 77979 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Port Lavaca specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Port Lavaca we have the city-level view: AEP Texas and Victoria Electric Cooperative have published outages for Port Lavaca under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Port Lavaca is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Calhoun County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Port Lavaca.
