When will the power be back in Buda, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Buda is a city of about 16,090 residents in Hays County.
Austin Energy and Pedernales Electric Cooperative have reported outages for Buda by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Buda 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 Buda:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Buda: the closest other places we track are Kyle, about 6 miles to the south; San Marcos, about 15 miles to the south; Austin, about 16 miles to the north; and Dripping Springs, about 17 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Lockhart (17 mi SE), Lakeway (21 mi NW), Lago Vista (27 mi N), Manor (27 mi NE), Pflugerville (30 mi NE), Cedar Park (30 mi N), New Braunfels (31 mi SW) and Bastrop (32 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Round Rock (33 mi); northeast toward Elgin (33 mi); east toward Brenham (87 mi); southeast toward Victoria (101 mi); south toward Seguin (34 mi); southwest toward Cibolo (42 mi); west toward Boerne (56 mi); and northwest toward Brownwood (131 mi).
Who serves Buda?
We track live outage data from Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative ↗ and Austin Energy in Hays County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of San Marcos also serves parts of Hays County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Buda's last tracked outage began Sep 11, peaked at 44 customers out, and was restored in 50 minutes. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 11 — 44 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Aug 29 — 30 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 28 — 38 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Hays County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.5 hr. The full record for Hays County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Buda, 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 Buda's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Buda, TX?
To check your own street, search a Buda ZIP code — 78610 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Buda specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Buda we have the city-level view: Austin Energy and Pedernales Electric Cooperative have published outages for Buda under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Buda is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Hays County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Buda.
