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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Shelby County, TX right now.

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Elsewhere in Texas: 4,427 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 9:02 AM CDT.

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Who serves Shelby County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Rusk County Electric Cooperative and SWEPCO, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative and City of Timpson also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. 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 — Shelby County, TX

No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.

Longer-term outage history — Shelby County, TX

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 228 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~4,178 customers out in May 2024, restored after about 3 days. The busiest year on record here was 2025.

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 Shelby County include Center, Tenaha, Timpson, Joaquin, Huxley, Aiken-Neuville, Shelbyville and Tenaha-Joaquin. 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 Shelby County, TX?

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

Nearby counties & areas

Panola County · San Augustine County · Nacogdoches County · Sabine County · Rusk County · Angelina County · Harrison County · Cherokee County

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