When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Bellmead, TX?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · McLennan County, Texas
No significant county-wide outage reported · updated 9:30 PM CDT.
⚠️ Heat Advisory in effect for this area — conditions that can cause outages. This page updates about every 15 minutes.
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Elsewhere in Texas: 2,846 customers reported out — statewide status.
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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 Bellmead, Texas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Bellmead is a city in McLennan County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Bellmead directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Bellmead

Bellmead is a city of about 10,607 residents in McLennan County.

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

Around Bellmead: the closest other places we track are Waco, about 7 miles to the southwest; Robinson, about 11 miles to the south; Hewitt, about 12 miles to the southwest; Temple, about 39 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Gatesville (39 mi W), Belton (44 mi SW), Harker Heights (50 mi SW), Killeen (53 mi SW), Cleburne (55 mi N), Ennis (57 mi NE), Waxahachie (57 mi N), Copperas Cove (59 mi SW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Midlothian (60 mi); northeast toward Seagoville (79 mi); southeast toward Bryan (77 mi); south toward Taylor (74 mi); southwest toward Georgetown (74 mi); northwest toward Granbury (71 mi).

Who serves Bellmead?

We track live outage data from Hilco Electric Coop, Oncor, Texas-New Mexico Power ↗ in McLennan 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 — McLennan County, TX (covers Bellmead)
Power here was restored about 47 hours ago — the outage peaked at 210 customers.
Last significant outage: Aug 17, 2026 — peaked at 210 customers, restored in ~7.2 hr (heat event).
Across the 3 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 7.2 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 8, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — McLennan County, TX (covers Bellmead)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 851 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 10 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~4.3 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: ~42,968 customers out in February 2021, restored after about 7.8 days. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
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 Bellmead, 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 Bellmead 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 Bellmead, TX?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Bellmead 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. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Bellmead, TX?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in McLennan County include Hilco Electric Coop, Oncor, Texas-New Mexico Power; 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 Bellmead specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the McLennan County county-wide view, which covers Bellmead. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Bellmead by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Bellmead. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Waco (7 mi SW) 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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