Is the power out in 78540?

Live answer for ZIP 78540 (unincorporated area; Hidalgo County), from Oncor and AEP Texas, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 78540

We don't have ZIP-level data for 78540.

Hidalgo County as a whole has 20 customers without power.

Outage map

ZIP 78540Hidalgo CountyOncor 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.

Neighboring ZIP codes

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.
78549	Harding Gill Tract / Hargill	0	369	0.00%
78542	Linn / Edinburg	fewer than 5	9,112	0.02%
78538	Monte Alto / Edcouch	0	3,580	0.00%
78543	La Blanca / Elsa	0	3,031	0.00%
78558	La Blanca	0	144	0.00%
78563	Linn	fewer than 5	11	18.18%

Outage history in Hidalgo County, which includes 78540

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)

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.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half 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 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 29, 2023	200,550	3.6 days	4,016,985
July 26, 2020	153,337	4.2 days	5,524,767
February 15, 2021	124,336	4.3 days	7,751,008
June 13, 2025	61,152	16 hours	334,840
May 12, 2021	47,372	19 hours	322,256

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.