When will the power be back in Kilgore, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Kilgore is a city of about 13,583 residents in Gregg County.
Rusk County Electric Cooperative, SWEPCO and Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative have reported outages for Kilgore by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Kilgore 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 Kilgore:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Kilgore: the closest other places we track are Longview, about 10 miles to the northeast; Henderson, about 17 miles to the south; Tyler, about 27 miles to the west; and Marshall, about 31 miles to the east. Also nearby: Jacksonville (38 mi SW); Mount Pleasant (53 mi N); Nacogdoches (56 mi S); Athens (58 mi W); Shreveport, LA (62 mi E); Palestine (64 mi SW); Sulphur Springs (66 mi NW); and Bossier City, LA (70 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Texarkana (85 mi); east toward Minden, LA (94 mi); southeast toward Natchitoches, LA (113 mi); south toward Lufkin (75 mi); west toward Terrell (86 mi); and northwest toward Greenville (88 mi).
Who serves Kilgore?
We track live outage data from SWEPCO, Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative and Rusk County Electric Cooperative in Gregg County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Kilgore's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 55 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 55 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 2 — 70 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 1 — 69 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 30 — 37 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Gregg County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.3 hr. The full record for Gregg County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Kilgore, 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 Kilgore's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Kilgore, TX?
To check your own street, search a Kilgore ZIP code — 75662 or 75663 — and the map opens on that area.
