When will the power be back in Waco, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Waco is a city of about 146,608 residents in McLennan County.
Hilco Electric Cooperative and Oncor have reported outages for Waco by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Waco 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 Waco:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Waco: the closest other places we track are Bellmead, about 7 miles to the northeast; Hewitt, about 7 miles to the south; Robinson, about 8 miles to the southeast; and Gatesville, about 33 miles to the west. Also nearby: Temple (33 mi S), Belton (39 mi SW), Harker Heights (44 mi SW), Killeen (46 mi SW), Copperas Cove (52 mi SW), Corsicana (56 mi NE), Cleburne (57 mi N) and Waxahachie (62 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Midlothian (64 mi); northeast toward Ennis (62 mi); east toward Palestine (92 mi); southeast toward Bryan (78 mi); south toward Taylor (70 mi); southwest toward Georgetown (69 mi); and northwest toward Granbury (70 mi).
Who serves Waco?
We track live outage data from Oncor, Heart of Texas Electric Cooperative, Hilco Electric Cooperative and 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. Navasota Valley Electric Cooperative also serves parts of McLennan County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Waco's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 52 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 2 — 52 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 2 — 157 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 1 — 399 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 30 — 109 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of McLennan County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.3 hr. The full record for McLennan County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Waco, 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 Waco's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Waco, TX?
To check your own street, search a Waco ZIP code — 76701, 76702, 76703, 76704, 76705, 76706 or any of the other 10 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Waco specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Waco we have the city-level view: Hilco Electric Cooperative and Oncor have published outages for Waco under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Waco is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the McLennan County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Waco.
