When will the power be back in Mercedes, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Mercedes is a city of about 17,535 residents in Hidalgo County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Mercedes by name, so this page reports the Hidalgo County county-wide view, which covers Mercedes. If a serving utility does name Mercedes during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Mercedes:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Mercedes: the closest other places we track are Weslaco, about 5 miles to the west; Donna, about 9 miles to the west; Alamo, about 13 miles to the west; and Harlingen, about 14 miles to the east. Also nearby: San Juan (15 mi W), San Benito (17 mi E), Pharr (17 mi W), Edinburg (19 mi NW), Hidalgo (21 mi W), McAllen (21 mi W), Raymondville (24 mi N) and Mission (26 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kingsville (94 mi); northeast toward Port Lavaca (188 mi); southeast toward Brownsville (29 mi); west toward Alton (26 mi); and northwest toward Laredo (137 mi).
Who serves Mercedes?
We track live outage data from AEP Texas and Oncor in Hidalgo County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Magic Valley Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Hidalgo County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
County context: across all of Hidalgo County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6.5 hr. The full record for Hidalgo County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Mercedes, TX?
To check your own street, search a Mercedes ZIP code — 78570 — and the map opens on that area.
