Texas power outages by utility
45 Texas utilities report outage minutes to EIA. The state median is 136 minutes a year; the range runs from 16 to 1512.
Ranking by outage minutes
Texas, SAIDI without major event days, 2024; lower is better; 45 utilities.
| Rank | Texas utility | Owner type | Texas home accounts | SAIDI min | Interruptions (SAIFI) | SAIDI with storms | Texas storm share | Price ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Greenville | Municipal | 15,165 | 16 | 0.28 | 83 | 81% | 14.95 |
| 2 | City of College Station | Municipal | 42,995 | 16 | 0.24 | 23 | 29% | 14.57 |
| 3 | Kerrville Public Utility Board | Municipal | 20,278 | 19 | 0.28 | 27 | 31% | 8.71 |
| 4 | City of Denton | Municipal | 58,941 | 23 | 0.27 | 81 | 72% | 12.81 |
| 5 | Denton County Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 298,734 | 27 | 0.44 | 44 | 39% | 13.77 |
| 6 | City of New Braunfels | Municipal | 53,975 | 43 | 0.72 | 76 | 43% | 13.18 |
| 7 | El Paso Electric Co | Investor Owned | 312,576 | 56 | 0.73 | 56 | 0% | 13.46 |
| 8 | Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 405,587 | 57 | 0.79 | 57 | 0% | 12.22 |
| 9 | Bandera Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 35,346 | 62 | 0.61 | 76 | 19% | 12.40 |
| 10 | City of San Antonio | Municipal | 865,914 | 62 | 1.08 | 74 | 16% | 12.43 |
| 11 | City of Floresville | Municipal | 15,797 | 64 | 0.66 | 64 | 0% | 12.37 |
| 12 | Farmers Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 84,006 | 65 | 0.96 | 135 | 52% | 11.51 |
| 13 | Austin Energy | Municipal | 507,291 | 76 | 0.87 | 92 | 17% | 12.58 |
| 14 | Brownsville Public Utilities Board | Municipal | 48,146 | 76 | 1.82 | 161 | 53% | 12.70 |
| 15 | Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) | Cooperative | 118,075 | 111 | 1.09 | 135 | 18% | 12.65 |
| 16 | United Electric Coop Service Inc | Cooperative | 88,324 | 112 | 1.19 | 112 | 0% | 13.00 |
| 17 | Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 126,402 | 116 | No data | 122 | 5% | 10.20 |
| 18 | Southwestern Public Service Co | Investor Owned | 222,146 | 116 | 1.10 | 197 | 41% | 13.35 |
| 19 | Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 113,890 | 117 | 1.28 | 227 | 48% | 11.42 |
| 20 | HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Cooperative | 26,883 | 123 | 1.32 | 124 | 1% | 14.91 |
| 21 | Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 39,569 | 130 | 1.67 | 146 | 11% | 11.03 |
| 22 | Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 92,189 | 132 | 1.11 | 200 | 34% | 12.49 |
| 23 | Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 11,527 | 136 | 1.15 | 191 | 29% | 16.09 |
| 24 | San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 31,774 | 162 | 1.70 | 1238 | 87% | 14.16 |
| 25 | Nueces Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 46,409 | 171 | 1.28 | 437 | 61% | 10.68 |
| 26 | Cooke County Elec Coop Assn | Cooperative | 15,886 | 180 | 1.55 | 289 | 38% | 14.01 |
| 27 | Lyntegar Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 9,021 | 184 | No data | 184 | 0% | 8.99 |
| 28 | Victoria Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 21,500 | 195 | 2.32 | 267 | 27% | 12.13 |
| 29 | San Patricio Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 10,007 | 200 | 2.09 | 200 | 0% | 13.99 |
| 30 | Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 5,333 | 224 | 1.76 | 285 | 22% | 8.83 |
| 31 | Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 9,298 | 233 | No data | 332 | 30% | 18.51 |
| 32 | Medina Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 30,205 | 235 | 2.14 | 235 | 0% | 12.10 |
| 33 | Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 79,954 | 267 | 2.46 | 1042 | 74% | 11.26 |
| 34 | Taylor Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 18,722 | 285 | 3.05 | 371 | 23% | 15.37 |
| 35 | Heart of Texas Electric Coop | Cooperative | 18,722 | 298 | 2.01 | 358 | 17% | 12.62 |
| 36 | Entergy Texas Inc. | Investor Owned | 457,369 | 305 | 2.05 | 1728 | 82% | 13.66 |
| 37 | Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 86,118 | 378 | No data | 4584 | 92% | 12.62 |
| 38 | Concho Valley Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 12,060 | 390 | 2.88 | 390 | 0% | 12.73 |
| 39 | Rusk County Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 18,152 | 432 | No data | 3860 | 89% | 12.90 |
| 40 | Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn | Cooperative | 22,026 | 631 | 4.68 | 2704 | 77% | 14.92 |
| 41 | Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 19,672 | 847 | 3.64 | 1743 | 51% | 15.75 |
| 42 | Wood County Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 35,793 | 1052 | 2.32 | 1362 | 23% | 12.83 |
| 43 | Deep East Texas Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 40,404 | 1196 | No data | 3297 | 64% | 13.10 |
| 44 | Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp | Cooperative | 44,415 | 1249 | 6.86 | 1382 | 10% | 12.40 |
| 45 | Jasper-Newton Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 21,180 | 1512 | 4.93 | 2402 | 37% | 12.96 |
Texas outage minutes by owner type
In Texas, 37% of 12,547,863 home accounts sit with the 45 qualifying utilities out of 160 in the file. Texas customer-weighted SAIDI is 153 minutes against a median of 136, and 31 of 45 Texas utilities exceed the U.S. median of 99. Counting major event days adds a median 29% to SAIDI.
| Texas owner type | Texas utilities | Texas home accounts | Texas median SAIDI | Texas weighted SAIDI | Texas median SAIFI | Texas storm share | Texas median price ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative | 33 | 2,037,183 | 195 | 210 | 1.70 | 27% | 12.65 |
| Municipal | 9 | 1,628,502 | 43 | 62 | 0.66 | 31% | 12.70 |
| Investor Owned | 3 | 992,091 | 116 | 184 | 1.10 | 41% | 13.46 |
By owner type, Municipal utilities have the lowest median SAIDI in Texas (43 minutes, 9 of 45) and Cooperative the highest (195 minutes, 33 of 45).
Texas utilities that stand out
| Why it stands out | Texas utility | Texas owner type | Texas accounts | Texas SAIDI min | Texas SAIDI rank | Texas SAIFI | Texas SAIDI with storms | Texas price ¢/kWh | Texas price rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the most reliable | City of Greenville | Municipal | 15,165 | 16 | 1 of 45 | 0.28 | 83 | 14.95 | 41 of 45 |
| the least reliable | Jasper-Newton Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 21,180 | 1512 | 45 of 45 | 4.93 | 2,402 | 12.96 | 27 of 45 |
| the largest | City of San Antonio | Municipal | 865,914 | 62 | 10 of 45 | 1.08 | 74 | 12.43 | 16 of 45 |
| the most storm-driven | Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 86,118 | 378 | 37 of 45 | No data | 4,584 | 12.62 | 19 of 45 |
| the most improved | City of Denton | Municipal | 58,941 | 23 | 4 of 45 | 0.27 | 81 | 12.81 | 24 of 45 |
| the one that slipped most | Brownsville Public Utilities Board | Municipal | 48,146 | 76 | 14 of 45 | 1.82 | 161 | 12.70 | 22 of 45 |
| the cheapest | Kerrville Public Utility Board | Municipal | 20,278 | 19 | 3 of 45 | 0.28 | 27 | 8.71 | 1 of 45 |
| the priciest | Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 9,298 | 233 | 31 of 45 | No data | 332 | 18.51 | 45 of 45 |
Does a higher price buy fewer outages?
Each dot is one of 45 Texas utilities.
Texas, 2024: first 8 of 45 rows
| Home price, cents per kWh | SAIDI, minutes a year | |
|---|---|---|
| City of Greenville | 14.95 | 16 |
| City of College Station | 14.57 | 16 |
| Kerrville Public Utility Board | 8.71 | 19 |
| City of Denton | 12.81 | 23 |
| Denton County Elec Coop, Inc | 13.77 | 27 |
| City of New Braunfels | 13.18 | 43 |
| El Paso Electric Co | 13.46 | 56 |
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | 12.22 | 57 |
45 rows from EIA-861 survey.
CSVTexas utilities, change in their own SAIDI
First to last year each utility reported, best change first.
| Rank | Texas utility | Texas years | Texas SAIDI first | Texas SAIDI last | Texas change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Denton | 2015 to 2025 | 50 | 11 | -77% |
| 2 | City of Floresville | 2016 to 2025 | 324 | 100 | -69% |
| 3 | Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 349 | 142 | -59% |
| 4 | City of College Station | 2015 to 2025 | 32 | 13 | -59% |
| 5 | Farmers Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 121 | 66 | -45% |
| 6 | Lyntegar Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 482 | 267 | -45% |
| 7 | Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc | 2016 to 2024 | 197 | 117 | -40% |
| 8 | HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 2015 to 2025 | 280 | 175 | -37% |
| 9 | El Paso Electric Co | 2015 to 2025 | 84 | 55 | -34% |
| 10 | Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | 2018 to 2025 | 204 | 134 | -34% |
| 11 | San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 160 | 110 | -31% |
| 12 | Medina Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 359 | 259 | -28% |
| 13 | Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp | 2015 to 2025 | 967 | 714 | -26% |
| 14 | Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn | 2022 to 2025 | 619 | 483 | -22% |
| 15 | Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 430 | 338 | -21% |
| 16 | United Electric Coop Service Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 90 | 72 | -20% |
| 17 | Rusk County Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 444 | 357 | -20% |
| 18 | Concho Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 428 | 364 | -15% |
| 19 | Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 402 | 347 | -14% |
| 20 | Nueces Electric Cooperative | 2015 to 2024 | 197 | 171 | -13% |
| 21 | Kerrville Public Utility Board | 2017 to 2024 | 21 | 19 | -10% |
| 22 | Heart of Texas Electric Coop | 2015 to 2025 | 146 | 134 | -8% |
| 23 | Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 170 | 165 | -3% |
| 24 | Taylor Electric Coop Inc | 2022 to 2025 | 291 | 309 | +6% |
| 25 | Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | 2017 to 2025 | 71 | 78 | +11% |
| 26 | City of San Antonio | 2015 to 2024 | 55 | 62 | +13% |
| 27 | Denton County Elec Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 33 | 37 | +14% |
| 28 | City of New Braunfels | 2015 to 2025 | 50 | 58 | +16% |
| 29 | Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc | 2018 to 2025 | 405 | 473 | +17% |
| 30 | Victoria Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 144 | 171 | +19% |
| 31 | Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc | 2015 to 2024 | 98 | 116 | +19% |
| 32 | Bandera Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 46 | 55 | +21% |
| 33 | Southwestern Public Service Co | 2015 to 2025 | 122 | 151 | +24% |
| 34 | Austin Energy | 2015 to 2025 | 55 | 77 | +39% |
| 35 | Jasper-Newton Elec Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 482 | 697 | +45% |
| 36 | Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 82 | 120 | +47% |
| 37 | Entergy Texas Inc. | 2015 to 2025 | 205 | 304 | +49% |
| 38 | San Patricio Electric Coop Inc | 2016 to 2025 | 158 | 240 | +52% |
| 39 | Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc | 2019 to 2025 | 126 | 193 | +53% |
| 40 | City of Greenville | 2018 to 2025 | 8 | 14 | +81% |
| 41 | Wood County Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 318 | 576 | +81% |
| 42 | Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) | 2015 to 2025 | 64 | 132 | +105% |
| 43 | Deep East Texas Elec Coop Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 414 | 1119 | +170% |
| 44 | Cooke County Elec Coop Assn | 2020 to 2025 | 97 | 315 | +226% |
| 45 | Brownsville Public Utilities Board | 2016 to 2025 | 9 | 139 | +1418% |
Analyst note
Texas has 45 qualifying reporters, rank 1 of 40 states by count. Of 45 Texas utilities with 1,000+ home accounts that report SAIDI, City of Greenville is lowest at 16 minutes a year and Jasper-Newton Elec Coop, Inc highest at 1512, a 94.1 to 1 spread. The state median is 136 minutes, +37% against the U.S. median reporter. Over each utility's own record, City of Denton improved most (50 to 11 minutes, -77%, 2015 to 2025) and Brownsville Public Utilities Board changed the other way (9 to 139, +1418%); 23 of 45 fell. Home price and outage minutes line up at r = +0.11 across 45 Texas utilities: price tells almost nothing here. That is Texas's pattern, not a cause.
Questions on Texas outages
How many Texas utilities qualify for this ranking?
45 of 160 Texas utilities, rank 1 of 40 states by count.
Which Texas utility has the fewest outage minutes?
City of Greenville: 16 minutes a year, SAIDI without major events, 2024.
Which Texas utility has the most?
Jasper-Newton Elec Coop, Inc: 1512 minutes a year in 2024.
What is the typical SAIDI in Texas?
The median of 45 reporting utilities is 136 minutes, +37% on the U.S. median reporter.
Do cheaper Texas utilities have more outages?
Across 45 utilities r = +0.11, so the link is weak.
How much of Texas outage time comes from storms?
At Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc 92% of all-event SAIDI is major event days.
How reliable is the largest Texas utility?
City of San Antonio serves 865,914 home accounts and reports 62 minutes, rank 10 of 45; weighted by customers the state figure is 153.
Do Texas co-ops and investor-owned utilities differ?
3 owner types report in Texas: Municipal 9 utilities with 1,628,502 home accounts, Cooperative 33 utilities with 2,037,183 home accounts, Investor Owned 3 utilities with 992,091 home accounts.
What share of Texas home accounts do these utilities serve?
37% of 12,547,863 accounts, 45 of 160 utilities; 31 are above the U.S. median of 99 minutes.
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