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

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

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Oncor and Texas-New Mexico Power ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Ward County, TX

Last significant outage: Aug 13, 2026 — peaked at 547 customers, restored in ~4 hr (weather alert).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 13, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Ward County, TX

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 168 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: ~3,649 customers out in June 2021, restored after about 36.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2019.

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 Ward County include Monahans, Thorntonville, Wickett, Grandfalls, Barstow, Pyote, Barstow-Pyote and Southwest Sandhill. 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 Ward County, TX?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Ward include Oncor and Texas-New Mexico Power — 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

Winkler County · Crane County · Loving County · Reeves County · Ector County · Pecos County · Andrews County · Upton County

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