When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Harris County, TX?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Texas
449
customers reported out in Harris County, TX
21 reported outages · county-wide data
Combined from the live data of the utilities serving this county — the slower nationwide tally shows 445.
Earliest posted restoration time (CenterPoint Energy — Houston Electric): Oct 4, 3:57 PM CDT · 6 different times posted; the latest Oct 4, 6:36 PM CDT
County-wide restoration outlook: grew sharply just now — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~20 hr start to finish (4 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Updated 3:54 PM CDT.
00 out, then 446446 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 40.6 days · 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
Houston — 443 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 4:51 PM CDT
Katy — 2 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 3:57 PM CDT
Crosby — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 6:22 PM CDT
Cypress — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 6:36 PM CDT
Huffman — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 5:40 PM CDT
Tomball — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 4:27 PM 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.

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Who serves Harris County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include CenterPoint Energy — Houston Electric and Entergy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. San Bernard Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Harris County, TX
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 1,634 customers, restored in ~25.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 37.2 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 16, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Harris County, TX
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 2,027 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 177 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~20.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in winter.
That is longer than the Texas norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~1,660,703 customers out in July 2024, restored after about 8.4 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.
Cities we track in Harris County

Communities in Harris County include Houston, Pasadena, Baytown, La Porte, Deer Park, Bellaire, Humble and South Houston. 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 Harris County, TX?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Harris include CenterPoint Energy — Houston Electric, Entergy and San Bernard Electric Cooperative — 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.

Harris County, TX — live power outage tracker