When will the power be back in Tyler, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Tyler is a city of about 112,219 residents in Smith County.
Oncor, SWEPCO and Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative have reported outages for Tyler by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Tyler 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 Tyler:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Tyler: the closest other places we track are Jacksonville, about 25 miles to the south; Kilgore, about 27 miles to the east; Henderson, about 32 miles to the east; and Athens, about 32 miles to the west. Also nearby: Longview (35 mi NE), Palestine (44 mi SW), Marshall (58 mi E), Sulphur Springs (59 mi N), Mount Pleasant (61 mi N), Nacogdoches (62 mi SE), Terrell (64 mi NW) and Corsicana (70 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Paris (94 mi); northeast toward Texarkana (105 mi); east toward Shreveport, LA (89 mi); southeast toward Lufkin (77 mi); west toward Seagoville (76 mi); and northwest toward Greenville (72 mi).
Who serves Tyler?
We track live outage data from Oncor, Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative, SWEPCO and Wood County Electric Cooperative ↗ in Smith County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Cherokee County Electric Cooperative Association also serves parts of Smith 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.
Tyler's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 128 customers out, and was restored in 15 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Oct 2 — 128 customers out, restored in 15 hours
- Oct 1 — 334 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 28 — 74 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 26 — 32 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Smith County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5 hr. The full record for Smith County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Tyler, 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 Tyler's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Tyler, TX?
To check your own street, search a Tyler ZIP code — 75701, 75702, 75703, 75704, 75705, 75706 or any of the other 9 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Tyler specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Tyler we have the city-level view: Oncor, SWEPCO and Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative have published outages for Tyler under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Tyler is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Smith County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Tyler.
