When will the power be back in Austin, TX?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 29, 10,280 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.6 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.6 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Austin, Texas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Austin is a city in Travis County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Austin directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Austin is a city of about 993,588 residents in Travis County.
Austin Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, and Oncor have reported outages for Austin by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Austin is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Austin: 73301 · 73344 · 78701 · 78702 · 78703 · 78704 · 78705 · 78708 · 78709 · 78710 · 78711 · 78712 · 78713 · 78714 · 78715 · 78716 · 78718 · 78719 · 78720 · 78721 · 78722 · 78723 · 78724 · 78725 · 78726 · 78727 · 78728 · 78730 · 78731 · 78732 · 78733 · 78734 · 78735 · 78736 · 78738 · 78739 · 78741 · 78742 · 78744 · 78745 · 78746 · 78747 · 78748 · 78749 · 78750 · 78751 · 78752 · 78753 · 78754 · 78755 · 78756 · 78757 · 78758 · 78759 · 78760 · 78761 · 78762 · 78763 · 78764 · 78765 · 78766 · 78767 · 78768 · 78769 · 78772 · 78773 · 78774 · 78778 · 78779 · 78783 · 78799 (Austin also extends into a neighboring county; those ZIPs are listed on that county's pages.) Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Austin: the closest other places we track are Pflugerville, about 14 miles to the northeast; Manor, about 14 miles to the east; Lakeway, about 14 miles to the west; Cedar Park, about 15 miles to the north. Also nearby: Buda (16 mi S), Round Rock (17 mi N), Lago Vista (18 mi NW), Leander (20 mi N), Hutto (21 mi NE), Dripping Springs (21 mi W), Elgin (22 mi E), Kyle (22 mi S). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Georgetown (26 mi); northeast toward Taylor (27 mi); east toward Brenham (82 mi); southeast toward Bastrop (29 mi); south toward Lockhart (29 mi); southwest toward New Braunfels (47 mi); west toward Fredericksburg (67 mi); northwest toward Brownwood (122 mi).
Who serves Austin?
We track live outage data from Austin Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative ↗, Oncor, Pedernales Electric Coop in Travis County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Austin's last tracked outage began Aug 28, peaked at 3,289 customers out, and was restored in 31 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours.
- Aug 28 — 3,289 customers out, restored in 31 hours
- Aug 27 — 7,499 customers out, restored in 18 hours
- Aug 27 — 759 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Aug 26 — 2,827 customers out, restored in 8 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Austin, TX?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Austin area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Austin's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Austin, TX?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Austin area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Austin ZIP code — 73301, 73344, 78701, 78702, 78703, 78704, or any of the other 65 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Austin, TX?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Travis County include Austin Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, Oncor and others; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Austin specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Austin we have the city-level view: Austin Energy, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, and Oncor have published outages for Austin under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Austin is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Travis County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Austin.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
