When will the power be back in Princeton, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Princeton is a city of about 37,019 residents in Collin County.
Grayson-Collin EC, Oncor and Texas-New Mexico Power have reported outages for Princeton by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Princeton 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 Princeton:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Princeton: the closest other places we track are Fairview, about 7 miles to the southwest; Melissa, about 8 miles to the north; McKinney, about 9 miles to the west; and Wylie, about 11 miles to the south. Also nearby: Allen (11 mi SW), Anna (12 mi N), Murphy (13 mi SW), Sachse (15 mi S), Plano (17 mi SW), Prosper (18 mi W), Fate (18 mi SE) and Frisco (18 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Sherman (31 mi); northeast toward Bonham (33 mi); east toward Greenville (24 mi); southeast toward Royse City (18 mi); south toward Rowlett (19 mi); southwest toward Richardson (19 mi); west toward The Colony (24 mi); and northwest toward Celina (19 mi).
Who serves Princeton?
We track live outage data from Oncor, CoServ / Denton County EC, Farmers EC ↗, Texas-New Mexico Power ↗ and 1 more in Collin County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Fannin County Electric Cooperative and City of Farmersville also serve parts of Collin County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Princeton's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 3,386 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 1 — 3,386 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Oct 1 — 37 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 1 — 62 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 30 — 7,216 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of Collin County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.8 hr. The full record for Collin County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Princeton, 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 Princeton's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Princeton, TX?
To check your own street, search a Princeton ZIP code — 75407 — and the map opens on that area.
