When will the power be back in The Colony, 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 The Colony, Texas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. The Colony is a city in Denton County; when the serving utility's public feed reports The Colony directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
The Colony is a city of about 45,897 residents in Denton County.
Oncor and Texas-New Mexico Power have reported outages for The Colony by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when The Colony 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 The Colony: 75056 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around The Colony: the closest other places we track are Lewisville, about 6 miles to the southwest; Frisco, about 6 miles to the northeast; Little Elm, about 7 miles to the north; Carrollton, about 7 miles to the south. Also nearby: Plano (9 mi E), Highland Village (9 mi W), Addison (10 mi S), Coppell (10 mi SW), Corinth (10 mi W), Providence Village (11 mi N), Prosper (11 mi NE), Farmers Branch (11 mi S). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Celina (17 mi); northeast toward McKinney (15 mi); east toward Allen (13 mi); southeast toward Richardson (14 mi); south toward Irving (17 mi); southwest toward Grapevine (15 mi); west toward Flower Mound (13 mi); northwest toward Denton (17 mi).
Who serves The Colony?
We track live outage data from CoServ / Denton County EC, Denton Municipal Electric ↗, Oncor, Texas-New Mexico Power ↗ and 1 more in Denton 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.
The Colony's last tracked outage began Aug 16, peaked at 115 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Aug 16 — 115 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 15 — 867 customers out, restored in an hour
Common questions
When will my power be back on in The Colony, 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 The Colony 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 The Colony's own record: across the 2 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 The Colony, TX?
This page is a live power outage status check for the The Colony 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 The Colony ZIP code — 75056 — 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 The Colony, TX?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Denton County include CoServ / Denton County EC, Denton Municipal Electric, Oncor and others; 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 The Colony specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for The Colony we have the city-level view: Oncor and Texas-New Mexico Power have published outages for The Colony under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When The Colony is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Denton County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes The Colony.
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.
