When will the power be back in Red Oak, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Red Oak is a city of about 19,365 residents in Ellis County.
Hilco Electric Cooperative and Oncor have reported outages for Red Oak by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Red Oak 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 Red Oak:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Red Oak: the closest other places we track are Glenn Heights, about 5 miles to the northwest; Lancaster, about 5 miles to the north; DeSoto, about 7 miles to the northwest; and Waxahachie, about 9 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Cedar Hill (11 mi NW), Duncanville (12 mi NW), Midlothian (12 mi W), Ennis (16 mi SE), Seagoville (17 mi NE), Balch Springs (17 mi NE), Grand Prairie (18 mi NW) and Dallas (19 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward University Park (23 mi); northeast toward Mesquite (20 mi); southeast toward Corsicana (35 mi); west toward Mansfield (20 mi); and northwest toward Arlington (23 mi).
Who serves Red Oak?
We track live outage data from Oncor, United Cooperative Services and Hilco Electric Cooperative in Ellis County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Navarro County Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Ellis County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Red Oak's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 87 customers out, and was restored in 8 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 1 — 87 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Sep 29 — 72 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 25 — 59 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 24 — 81 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
County context: across all of Ellis County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.3 hr. The full record for Ellis County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Red Oak, 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 Red Oak's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Red Oak, TX?
To check your own street, search a Red Oak ZIP code — 75154 — and the map opens on that area.
