Is the power out in 79742?

Live answer for ZIP 79742 (Grandfalls 1% of the ZIP; Ward County), from Oncor, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 79742

No. The utility reports no outages in 79742 right now.

0.00% of 591 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 79742Ward CountyOncor 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	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.
79756	Southwest Sandhill / Monahans	6,830	0.00%
79788	Monahans / Wickett	97	0.00%
79777	Pyote / Monahans	306	0.00%
79719	Barstow	169	0.00%

Outage history in Ward County, which includes 79742

2014–2025 record

Ward County averaged 17.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Texas counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 21. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 31 hours, starting May 25, 2025.

The largest on record began June 27, 2021, with 3,649 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in July.

17.7significant 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.

4.1 dayslongest on record (January 2015)

3,649most 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 27, 2021	3,649	1.6 days	46,416
January 22, 2015	3,278	45 minutes	2,457
November 12, 2014	3,267	45 minutes	2,060
September 13, 2022	2,781	1.5 hours	2,137
May 25, 2025	2,432	31 hours	24,234

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

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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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Utilities

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