When will the power be back in Galveston County, TX?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Texas
56
customers reported out in Galveston County, TX
2 reported outages · county-wide data
Combined from the live data of the utilities serving this county — the slower nationwide tally shows 55.
Official restoration time (CenterPoint Energy — Houston Electric): Oct 4, 11:26 PM CDT
Official restoration time (Texas-New Mexico Power): Oct 4, 11:00 PM CDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~3 hr start to finish (21 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 9:32 PM CDT.
057county-wide trend of customers without power · last 14 hr · 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
Galveston — 55 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 11:26 PM CDT
Texas City — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 11:00 PM CDT
Dickinson — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 5, 12:00 AM CDT
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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.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Texas-New Mexico Power ↗, CenterPoint Energy — Houston Electric and Entergy, 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 — Galveston County, TX
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 485 customers, restored in ~3.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 35 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 12, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Galveston County, TX
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,568 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 12 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~7.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the Texas norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~164,920 customers out in July 2024, restored after about 6.8 days. The busiest year on record here was 2022.
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.
Communities in Galveston County include League City, Texas City, Friendswood, Dickinson, La Marque, Santa Fe, Hitchcock and Kemah. 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 Galveston County, TX?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Galveston include Texas-New Mexico Power, CenterPoint Energy — Houston Electric and Entergy — 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.
