When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Dallas County, TX?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Texas
524
customers reported out in Dallas County, TX
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Earliest posted restoration time (Oncor): Oct 4, 4:30 PM CDT · 4 different times posted; the latest Oct 4, 8:30 PM CDT
County-wide restoration outlook: ~5 hr to restore at the current pace (roughly 111 customers an hour)
🎯 Likely 2.4–17 hr — based on how accurate our past estimates like this have been.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 3:52 PM CDT.
11 out, then 288288 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 7.5 days · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Richardson — 237 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 5:00 PM CDT · earliest of the 2 times posted here; the latest is Oct 4, 6:30 PM CDT
Dallas — 114 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 4:30 PM CDT
DeSoto — 58 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 4:30 PM CDT
Irving — 57 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 8:30 PM CDT
Garland — 42 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 5:00 PM CDT
Rowlett — 12 customers reported out
Plus 3 more — see the live map.
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⚡ No power in Dallas, TX? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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Who serves Dallas County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Oncor, Trinity Valley EC ↗, Hilco Electric Cooperative, Garland Power & Light ↗ and 3 more, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Dallas County, TX
Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 6,379 customers, restored in ~36.2 hr (weather alert).
Across the 38 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 36.6 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 21, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Dallas County, TX
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 2,385 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 68 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~17.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in winter.
That is longer than the Texas norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~386,856 customers out in May 2024, restored after about 5.6 days. The busiest year on record here was 2020.
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.
Cities we track in Dallas County

Communities in Dallas County include Irving, Garland, Grand Prairie, Mesquite, Richardson, Rowlett, DeSoto and Cedar Hill. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Dallas County, TX?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Dallas include Oncor, Trinity Valley EC, Hilco Electric Cooperative and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Dallas County, TX — live power outage tracker