When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Port Neches, TX?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Jefferson County, Texas
118
customers reported out in Port Neches · live from Entergy (LA/MS/AR/TX) · updated 9:22 PM CDT
Utility restoration time for Port Neches: ~2 hr from now
No clear recovery trend yet for Port Neches — outages aren't steadily declining, so we can't give a dependable time yet.
Across the whole county (Jefferson, Texas, all utilities): 120 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Port Neches figure above.
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Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Port Neches, Texas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Port Neches is a city in Jefferson County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Port Neches directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Port Neches

Port Neches is a city of about 13,709 residents in Jefferson County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Port Neches by name, so this page reports the Jefferson County county-wide view, which covers Port Neches. If a serving utility does name Port Neches during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Port Neches: 77651 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Port Neches: the closest other places we track are Groves, about 3 miles to the southeast; Nederland, about 3 miles to the west; Port Arthur, about 8 miles to the south; Beaumont, about 15 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Lumberton (25 mi NW), Sulphur, LA (39 mi NE), Lake Charles, LA (47 mi E), Baytown (63 mi W), Texas City (68 mi SW), Seabrook (68 mi SW), La Porte (69 mi W), Deer Park (73 mi W). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Nacogdoches (121 mi); northeast toward Alexandria, LA (126 mi); east toward Crowley, LA (95 mi); southwest toward La Marque (76 mi); west toward Pasadena (75 mi); northwest toward Lufkin (104 mi).

Who serves Port Neches?

We track live outage data from Entergy in Jefferson County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Outage history — Jefferson County, TX (covers Port Neches)
Power here was restored about 19 hours ago — the outage peaked at 470 customers.
Last significant outage: Aug 19, 2026 — peaked at 470 customers, restored in ~1 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 17 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 7 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Jefferson County, TX (covers Port Neches)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 1,702 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 13 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~5.8 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: ~90,667 customers out in August 2020, restored after about 6.2 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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Port Neches, TX?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Port Neches area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Port Neches, TX?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Port Neches area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Port Neches ZIP code — 77651 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Port Neches, TX?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Jefferson County include Entergy; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Port Neches specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Jefferson County county-wide view, which covers Port Neches. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Port Neches by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Port Neches. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Groves (3 mi SE) is the closest place we track separately.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

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