When will the power be back in Abilene, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Abilene is a city of about 130,501 residents in Taylor County.
AEP Texas has reported outages for Abilene by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Abilene 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 Abilene:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Abilene: the closest other places we track are Sweetwater, about 39 miles to the west; Brownwood, about 68 miles to the southeast; Snyder, about 71 miles to the west; and San Angelo, about 81 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Stephenville (90 mi E), Mineral Wells (100 mi E), Big Spring (103 mi W), Granbury (115 mi E), Weatherford (117 mi E), Wichita Falls (122 mi NE), Burkburnett (131 mi NE) and Azle (132 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Altus, OK (154 mi); northeast toward Sanger (162 mi); east toward Benbrook (133 mi); southeast toward Gatesville (137 mi); south toward Fredericksburg (160 mi); west toward Midland (142 mi); and northwest toward Lubbock (146 mi).
Who serves Abilene?
We track live outage data from AEP Texas in Taylor County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Taylor Electric Cooperative and Coleman County Electric Cooperative also serve parts of Taylor County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Abilene's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 27 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 27 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 1 — 661 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 30 — 56 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 30 — 248 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Taylor County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Taylor County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Abilene, 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 Abilene's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Abilene, TX?
To check your own street, search an Abilene ZIP code — 79601, 79602, 79603, 79604, 79605, 79606 or any of the other 4 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Abilene specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Abilene we have the city-level view: AEP Texas has published outages for Abilene under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Abilene is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Taylor County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Abilene.
