Power outages in Sterling County, TX

Live outage counts for Sterling City and the rest of Sterling County, updated every 10 minutes from Oncor and AEP Texas.

Right now

Elevated outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

7customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

0.75% of 937 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We 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.

Oncor7 / 146

AEP Texas0 / 791

Concho Valley Elec Coop Incno live feed

This 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

From 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

County outlineOncor and AEP Texas publish totals only, not outage locations.

Some 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

1 of 1 ZIP codes have outages

ZIP	Area	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
76951	Sterling City	7	1,007	0.70%

Outage history in Sterling County

2014–2025 record

Sterling County averaged 18.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Texas counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 17. Half were over within 3.5 hours; the longest lasted 24 hours, starting April 4, 2025.

The largest on record began April 24, 2022, with 1,607 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in May.

18.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At 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.

2.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

1.5 dayslongest on record (February 2021)

1,607most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
April 24, 2022	1,607	1.5 hours	1,711
September 12, 2023	971	7.5 hours	1,698
February 15, 2021	967	1.5 days	32,993
May 5, 2025	924	30 minutes	459
October 6, 2021	870	3.5 hours	2,678

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

From 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.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

Oncor: outage map and reporting
AEP Texas: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

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.