Is the power out in 79234?

Live answer for ZIP 79234 (unincorporated area; Motley County), from AEP Texas, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 79234

No. The utility reports no outages in 79234 right now.

0.00% of 45 customers

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

Updated 8 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.

Outage map

ZIP 79234Motley CountyAEP Texas publishes 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.
79244	Matador	0	529	0.00%
79256	Roaring Springs	0	242	0.00%

Outage history in Motley County, which includes 79234

2014–2025 record

Motley County averaged 8 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Texas counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 3. Half were over within 45 minutes; the longest lasted 3.5 hours, starting March 4, 2025.

The largest on record began June 22, 2023, with 830 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in May.

8significant 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.

1.8 dayslongest on record (October 2020)

830most 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.
June 22, 2023	830	26 hours	15,459
October 28, 2020	815	1.8 days	24,649
August 15, 2024	803	30 minutes	395
April 26, 2024	801	3 hours	2,403
June 27, 2024	799	45 minutes	598

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

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.

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