Power outages in Gregg County, TX

Live outage counts for Longview, Kilgore and Gladewater and the rest of Gregg County, updated every 10 minutes from SWEPCO.

Right now

Elevated outages
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
89customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
0.15% of 59,675 customersUpdated 7 min ago
iWe check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.
SWEPCO89 / 59,675
Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corpno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.
Rusk County Electric Coop, Incno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

Outage locations not published
County outlineSWEPCO publishes totals only, not outage locations.
iSome utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outages by ZIP code

6 of 7 ZIP codes have outages
ZIPAreaOutCustomers
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
% out
iCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
75662Kilgore / Liberty City149,5930.15%
75604Longview / Clarksville City1115,1790.07%
75601Longviewfewer than 58,5320.02%
75603Lake Cherokee / Lakeportfewer than 51,1370.18%
75605Longview / East Mountainfewer than 516,6140.01%
75693White Oakfewer than 53,2250.06%
75647Gladewater / Liberty City05,8870.00%

Outage history in Gregg County

2014–2025 record

Gregg County averaged 58.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Texas counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 61. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 33 hours, starting March 4, 2025.

The largest on record began August 18, 2019, with 48,369 customers out at once.

58.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
6.9 dayslongest on record (June 2023)
48,369most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
August 18, 201948,36912 hours259,738
June 16, 202346,7836.9 days3,907,963
May 28, 201740,4215.2 days1,479,429
May 8, 201939,0426.3 days1,512,594
April 12, 202033,0153.6 days881,382

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

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Food safety

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  • 4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
  • 24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
  • 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

  • Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
  • Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
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