Power outage history
Hall County Texas
9.8hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
120th most of 240 in Texas 1.5× the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Hall's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2020 was the worst well-recorded year, at 18 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Hall, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2015 | Winter storm | 1,555 | 89% | 2.2 d | 30 h | 49k |
| Oct 27, 2020 | Winter storm | 1,741 | 100% | 23 h | 33 h | 25k |
| Mar 6, 2024 | No storm report | 1,409 | 81% | 9.0 h | 8.2 h | 13k |
| Feb 26, 2023 | Windstorm | 1,549 | 89% | 5.0 h | 4.0 h | 7.4k |
| May 14, 2024 | No storm report | 378 | 22% | 19 h | 13 h | 7.1k |
| Jul 17, 2023 | No storm report | 1,741 | 100% | 3.8 h | 3.8 h | 6.5k |
| Nov 28, 2015 | No storm report | 1,549 | 89% | 27 h | 2.5 h | 6.3k |
| Feb 1, 2016 | No storm report | 1,545 | 89% | 4.0 h | 3.8 h | 5.8k |
| Jun 13, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 1,524 | 88% | 3.5 h | 2.2 h | 5.0k |
| Sep 28, 2019 | No storm report | 1,367 | 79% | 5.0 h | 5.0 h | 4.4k |
| Oct 9, 2019 | No storm report | 1,069 | 61% | 3.2 h | 3.5 h | 3.2k |
| May 8, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 1,080 | 62% | 3.2 h | 2.5 h | 2.8k |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Windstorm | 1,482 | 85% | 4.2 h | 1.0 h | 2.4k |
| Jan 30, 2016 | No storm report | 1,544 | 89% | 1.5 h | 1.5 h | 2.3k |
| Aug 12, 2020 | No storm report | 1,491 | 86% | 1.5 h | 1.5 h | 2.2k |
| Apr 5, 2025 | Winter storm | 1,076 | 62% | 2.2 h | 5.8 h | 2.1k |
| Jun 1, 2024 | No storm report | 450 | 26% | 5.2 h | 7.5 h | 1.9k |
| Mar 13, 2021 | No storm report | 1,546 | 89% | 1.2 h | 1.2 h | 1.9k |
| May 24, 2022 | No storm report | 485 | 28% | 12 h | 12 h | 1.8k |
| Apr 10, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 1,560 | 90% | 11 h | 12 min | 1.8k |
| Dec 29, 2015 | No storm report | 1,553 | 89% | 2.0 h | 1.0 h | 1.7k |
| Jun 26, 2024 | No storm report | 1,524 | 88% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 1.5k |
| Aug 19, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 1,465 | 84% | 1.0 h | 10 h | 1.5k |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 364 | 21% | 4.0 h | 4.0 h | 1.5k |
| Dec 4, 2021 | No storm report | 821 | 47% | 1.5 h | 1.8 h | 1.2k |
| Sep 12, 2024 | No storm report | 368 | 21% | 4.8 h | 4.8 h | 1.2k |
| Jun 20, 2020 | No storm report | 315 | 18% | 5.5 h | 5.5 h | 1.2k |
| Mar 13, 2019 | Windstorm | 1,084 | 62% | 1.0 h | 48 min | 1.1k |
| May 31, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 329 | 19% | 5.0 h | 17 h | 1.0k |
| Oct 18, 2017 | No storm report | 118 | 7% | 8.8 h | 8.8 h | 1.0k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Hall from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 53%
- Winter storm 23%
- Windstorm 12%
- Thunderstorms 12%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Hall
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Texas territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | Investor Owned | 467 | 312 | 2.98 | 12.6 | 157k |
| South Plains Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | – | – | – | 11.0 | 59k |
| Lighthouse Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | – | – | – | 16.2 | 3.9k |
| AEP Texas North Company | Investor Owned | 133 | 106 | 1.41 | – | – |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 1,741 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →