When will the power be back in Bay City, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Bay City is a city of about 17,471 residents in Matagorda County.
AEP Texas and Texas-New Mexico Power have reported outages for Bay City by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Bay City 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 Bay City:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Bay City: the closest other places we track are El Campo, about 24 miles to the northwest; Lake Jackson, about 31 miles to the east; Clute, about 34 miles to the east; and Angleton, about 35 miles to the east. Also nearby: Freeport (36 mi E), Rosenberg (40 mi N), Richmond (43 mi N), Iowa Colony (45 mi NE), Sugar Land (46 mi NE), Missouri City (47 mi NE), Port Lavaca (48 mi SW) and Alvin (49 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fulshear (49 mi); northeast toward Manvel (50 mi); east toward Galveston (67 mi); southwest toward Rockport (94 mi); west toward Victoria (63 mi); and northwest toward Bastrop (113 mi).
Who serves Bay City?
We track live outage data from AEP Texas, Wharton County Electric Cooperative, Texas-New Mexico Power ↗, CenterPoint Energy — Houston Electric and 1 more in Matagorda County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Bay City's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 134 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 2 — 134 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 17 — 114 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 13 — 63 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 9 — 63 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of Matagorda County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.8 hr. The full record for Matagorda County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Bay City, 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 Bay City's own record: across the 5 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 Bay City, TX?
To check your own street, search a Bay City ZIP code — 77404 or 77414 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Bay City specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Bay City we have the city-level view: AEP Texas and Texas-New Mexico Power have published outages for Bay City under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Bay City is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Matagorda County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Bay City.
