When will the power be back in Odessa, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Odessa is a city of about 119,748 residents in Ector County.
Oncor has reported outages for Odessa by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Odessa 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 Odessa:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Odessa: the closest other places we track are Midland, about 17 miles to the northeast; Andrews, about 33 miles to the north; Big Spring, about 56 miles to the northeast; and Hobbs, NM, about 75 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Town of Pecos (77 mi SW); Lovington, NM (91 mi NW); Snyder (102 mi NE); San Angelo (115 mi E); Carlsbad, NM (116 mi W); Levelland (117 mi N); Lubbock (119 mi N); and Sweetwater (120 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Plainview (164 mi); northeast toward Altus, OK (260 mi); east toward Abilene (158 mi); southeast toward Del Rio (194 mi); west toward Alamogordo, NM (222 mi); and northwest toward Artesia, NM (139 mi).
Who serves Odessa?
We track live outage data from Oncor and Xcel Energy — Southwestern Public Service in Ector County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Odessa's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 423 customers out, and was restored in 13 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 29 — 423 customers out, restored in 13 hours
- Sep 27 — 39 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
- Sep 26 — 268 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 26 — 455 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Ector County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Ector County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Odessa, 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 Odessa's own record: across the 5 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 Odessa, TX?
To check your own street, search an Odessa ZIP code — 79760, 79761, 79762, 79763, 79764, 79765 or any of the other 3 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Odessa specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Odessa we have the city-level view: Oncor has published outages for Odessa under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Odessa is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Ector County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Odessa.
