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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Starr 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 Starr County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include AEP Texas and Medina Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Magic Valley 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 — Starr County, TX

⚡ Power here was restored about 27 hours ago — the outage peaked at 776 customers.

Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 776 customers, restored in ~26 hr (heat event).

Across the 9 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 26, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Starr County, TX

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 365 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

Largest on record: ~10,726 customers out in July 2020, restored after about 3.8 days. The busiest year on record here was 2021.

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.

Cities we track in Starr County

Rio Grande City · Roma

Communities in Starr County include Rio Grande City, Roma, Escobares, La Grulla, Airport Heights, Alto Bonito Heights, Amada Acres and Anacua. 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 Starr County, TX?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Starr include AEP Texas, Medina Electric Cooperative and Magic Valley 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.

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