When's the Power Back?

Power restored in Hidalgo County, TX after outage that peaked at 21,014 customers

Electricity is back for most of Hidalgo County after an outage that peaked at 21,014 customers out; service was affected for roughly 12 hours.

When's the Power Back? editorial · published Aug 2, 8:11 PM CDT · updated Aug 3, 6:49 AM CDT · human-reviewed before publication · corrections: contact us
Power restored
peak of 21,014 customers out · outage lasted roughly 12 hours
How it developed5,248 peakAug 2, 6:20 PM CDTAug 3, 6:10 AM CDT
Aug 2, 6:20 PM CDT — 4,186 out · Aug 3, 3:50 AM CDT — 2,741 out · Aug 3, 4:05 AM CDT — 2,761 out · Aug 3, 4:20 AM CDT — 2,571 out · Aug 3, 4:35 AM CDT — 5,248 out · Aug 3, 4:50 AM CDT — 4,817 out · Aug 3, 5:05 AM CDT — 4,708 out · Aug 3, 5:20 AM CDT — 4,598 out · Aug 3, 5:35 AM CDT — 4,405 out · Aug 3, 5:50 AM CDT — 4,329 out · Aug 3, 6:05 AM CDT — 1,672 out · Aug 3, 6:10 AM CDT — 0 out
Track it live: the numbers above were frozen when this article was published — the live page for Hidalgo County updates about every 15 minutes with current counts, the utility's latest restoration time, and our estimate.