Power Out Map
– 0% of Runnels out 0 customers out in Texas

Power outage history

Runnels County Texas

5.2hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

196th most of 240 in Texas 21% below the national median

Worst outage on record Feb 15, 2021 16% of customers out · 90% back in 1.8 hours
Hours without power, average customer per year 5.2h / yr State average 9.0 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 4.8 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 1hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 2.6days Feb 15, 2021, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 64% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2021 9.8 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 3,575 EAGLE-I 2024 count · 8 well-covered years

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 Runnels's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
0%100% of customers out

Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

2021 was the worst well-recorded year, at 9.8 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Runnels, hours without power per customer

RunnelsUS median countyTexas average
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 ’15 ’17 1.7 ’18 5.0 ’19 6.5 ’20 9.8 ’21 9.4 ’22 3.6 ’23 4.0 ’24 1.4 ’25 TX 9.0 US 6.6

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
Feb 15, 2021 Winter storm 562 16% 2.6 d 1.8 h 23k
Feb 2, 2022 Winter storm 1,653 46% 17 h 12 min 23k
May 18, 2019 Tornadoes 1,789 50% 35 h 1.0 h 4.3k
Jun 29, 2020 Thunderstorms 1,638 46% 7.5 h 3.5 h 3.5k
Apr 23, 2019 Thunderstorms 1,581 44% 12 h 1.8 h 3.3k
May 27, 2020 No storm report 766 21% 3.8 h 4.5 h 2.9k
Mar 13, 2020 Thunderstorms 1,571 44% 6.8 h 1.0 h 2.8k
Jun 6, 2020 No storm report 2,353 66% 1.2 h 10 h 2.7k
Mar 13, 2019 Thunderstorms 746 21% 4.2 h 5.8 h 2.6k
Aug 14, 2021 No storm report 1,601 45% 1.8 h 2.0 h 2.6k
May 31, 2024 Thunderstorms 537 15% 10 h 9.0 h 2.6k
Nov 7, 2024 Tornadoes 983 28% 19 h 48 min 2.2k

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.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +2h 90% by +2h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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What was happening

Weather behind the outages

Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Runnels from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • Winter storm 41%
  • No storm on record 36%
  • Thunderstorms 18%
  • Tornadoes 5.6%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Runnels

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
Coleman County Elec Coop, Inc TX – – – 12.6 60k
Taylor Electric Coop Inc Cooperative 364 309 3.54 16.1 19k
Concho Valley Elec Coop Inc Cooperative 364 364 3.73 13.5 12k
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

Across Texas

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

All Texas 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 3,575 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 →