When will the power be back in Hidalgo County, TX?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Texas
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customers reported out in Hidalgo County, TX
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (AEP Texas): Oct 4, 5:30 AM CDT
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~4 hr, based on 18 past outages of any size in the same kind of weather.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 4:23 AM CDT.
44county-wide trend of customers without power · last 6 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
Edinburg — <5 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 5:30 AM CDT
⚡ No power in Hidalgo, TX? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
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 AEP Texas and Oncor, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Magic Valley 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. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Outage history — Hidalgo County, TX
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 484 customers, restored in ~10.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.5 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 24, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Hidalgo County, TX
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
2,127 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 41 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~6.5 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: ~200,550 customers out in April 2023, restored after about 3.4 days. The busiest year on record here was 2025.
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 Hidalgo County include McAllen, Edinburg, Mission, Pharr, Weslaco, San Juan, Alton and Alamo. 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 Hidalgo County, TX?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Hidalgo include AEP Texas, Oncor and Magic Valley 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.
