When will the power be back in Longview, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Longview is a city of about 83,668 residents in Gregg County.
Rusk County Electric Cooperative, SWEPCO and Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative have reported outages for Longview by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Longview 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 Longview:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Longview: the closest other places we track are Kilgore, about 10 miles to the southwest; Marshall, about 24 miles to the east; Henderson, about 25 miles to the south; and Tyler, about 35 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Mount Pleasant (46 mi N); Jacksonville (49 mi SW); Shreveport, LA (56 mi E); Nacogdoches (63 mi S); Bossier City, LA (64 mi E); Sulphur Springs (64 mi NW); Athens (66 mi W); and Palestine (74 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Texarkana (75 mi); east toward Minden, LA (87 mi); southeast toward Natchitoches, LA (112 mi); south toward Lufkin (83 mi); west toward Terrell (90 mi); and northwest toward Greenville (88 mi).
Who serves Longview?
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.
Longview's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 107 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.
- Oct 2 — 107 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 1 — 4,153 customers out, restored in 13 hours
- Sep 30 — 67 customers out, restored in 13 hours
- Sep 28 — 121 customers out, restored in 33 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 Longview, 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 Longview's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Longview, TX?
To check your own street, search a Longview ZIP code — 75601, 75602, 75603, 75604, 75605, 75606 or any of the other 3 — and the map opens on that area.
