Power outages in Hidalgo County, TX

Live outage counts for McAllen, Edinburg and Mission and the rest of Hidalgo County, updated every 10 minutes from Oncor and AEP Texas.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
20customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
<0.01% of 235,128 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.
Oncorno county count
iThis utility publishes outage totals for its whole service area, but doesn't break them down by county.
Serves part of this county but only publishes totals for its whole area.
AEP Texas20 / 235,128
Magic Valley 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 outlineOncor and AEP Texas publish 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

8 of 28 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.
78570Mercedes / Heidelberg78,2910.08%
78501McAllenfewer than 528,987<0.01%
78516Alamo / South Alamofewer than 58,9510.02%
78537Donna / Scissorsfewer than 59,0980.02%
78542Linn / Edinburgfewer than 59,1120.02%
78563Linnfewer than 51118.18%
78572Missionfewer than 533,649<0.01%
78577Pharrfewer than 516,4370.01%
78503McAllen010,5420.00%
78504McAllen017,0170.00%
78538Monte Alto / Edcouch03,5800.00%
78539Edinburg013,1060.00%
78541Edinburg / Linn012,2000.00%
78543La Blanca / Elsa03,0310.00%
78549Harding Gill Tract / Hargill03690.00%

Outage history in Hidalgo County

2014–2025 record

Hidalgo County averaged 9.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Texas counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 10. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 16 hours, starting March 27, 2025.

The largest on record began April 29, 2023, with 200,550 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in May.

9.3significant 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.
4.3 dayslongest on record (February 2021)
200,550most 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.
April 29, 2023200,5503.6 days4,016,985
July 26, 2020153,3374.2 days5,524,767
February 15, 2021124,3364.3 days7,751,008
June 13, 202561,15216 hours334,840
May 12, 202147,37219 hours322,256

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

  • 0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
  • 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.
  • Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

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