When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Panola County, TX?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Panola County, TX right now.
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Elsewhere in Texas: 3,194 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 10:31 PM CDT.
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Who serves Panola County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include SWEPCO and Rusk County Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. 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 — Panola County, TX
⚡ Power here was restored about 41 hours ago — the outage peaked at 675 customers.
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 675 customers, restored in ~2 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 9 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Panola County, TX
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 344 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 1 major event of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~10,331 customers out in June 2024, restored after about 20.5 hr. 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.
Communities covered

Communities in Panola County include Carthage, Beckville, Gary City, De Berry-Deadwood and Long Branch-Dotson. 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 Panola County, TX?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Panola include SWEPCO, Rusk County Electric Cooperative and Deep East Texas 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.

Panola County, TX — live power outage tracker