When will the power be back in Jim Wells County, TX?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Jim Wells County, TX right now.

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Elsewhere in Texas: 2,465 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Jim Wells County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include AEP Texas, Nueces Electric Cooperative and San Patricio Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. 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 — Jim Wells County, TX

Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 2,124 customers, restored in ~23 hr (heat event).

Across the 6 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.5 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 29, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Jim Wells County, TX

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 328 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 3 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

Largest on record: ~15,628 customers out in May 2021, restored after about 5.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2018.

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 Jim Wells County

Alice

Communities in Jim Wells County include Alice, Premont, Orange Grove, Alfred, Alice Acres, Amargosa, Ben Bolt and Coyote Acres. 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 Jim Wells County, TX?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Jim Wells include AEP Texas, Nueces Electric Cooperative and San Patricio 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.

Nearby counties & areas

Duval County · Nueces County · Kleberg County · San Patricio County · Live Oak County · Brooks County · McMullen County · Bee County

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