When will the power be back in Sweetwater, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Sweetwater is a city of about 10,196 residents in Nolan County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Sweetwater by name, so this page reports the Nolan County county-wide view, which covers Sweetwater. If a serving utility does name Sweetwater during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Sweetwater:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Sweetwater: the closest other places we track are Snyder, about 34 miles to the northwest; Abilene, about 39 miles to the east; Big Spring, about 65 miles to the west; and San Angelo, about 71 miles to the south. Also nearby: Brownwood (99 mi SE), Midland (104 mi W), Lubbock (114 mi NW), Odessa (120 mi W), Andrews (125 mi W), Stephenville (129 mi E), Levelland (137 mi NW) and Mineral Wells (138 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Altus, OK (164 mi); northeast toward Wichita Falls (147 mi); east toward Granbury (154 mi); southeast toward Gatesville (172 mi); west toward Hobbs, NM (161 mi); and northwest toward Plainview (141 mi).
Who serves Sweetwater?
We track live outage data from Oncor, AEP Texas, Big Country Electric Cooperative and Concho Valley Electric Cooperative in Nolan County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Taylor Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Nolan County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Sweetwater's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 29 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 2 — 29 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 30 — 102 customers out, restored in 12 hours
- Sep 23 — 27 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 9 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Nolan County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Nolan County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Sweetwater, 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 Sweetwater's own record: across the 5 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 Sweetwater, TX?
To check your own street, search a Sweetwater ZIP code — 79556 — and the map opens on that area.
