When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Van Zandt County, TX?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Texas
18
customers reported out in Van Zandt County, TX
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Oncor): Oct 4, 11:00 AM CDT
County-wide restoration outlook: rose in recent readings — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~2.6 hr start to finish (6 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 9:14 AM CDT.
3939 out, then 1818 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 7 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Ben Wheeler — 16 customers reported out
Canton — 2 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 11:00 AM CDT
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Who serves Van Zandt County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Oncor, SWEPCO, Trinity Valley EC ↗, Wood County Electric Cooperative ↗ and 2 more, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. 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 — Van Zandt County, TX
Last significant outage: Oct 4, 2026 — peaked at 325 customers, restored in ~1.2 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 13 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 25, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Van Zandt County, TX
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 730 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 6 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.
That is shorter than the Texas norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~26,783 customers out in May 2024, restored after about 3.5 days. The busiest year on record here was 2024.
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 Van Zandt County include Canton, Grand Saline, Van, Edgewood, Fruitvale, Edom, Ben Wheeler and Ben Wheeler-Edom. 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 Van Zandt County, TX?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Van Zandt include Oncor, SWEPCO, Trinity Valley EC 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.

Van Zandt County, TX — live power outage tracker