Texas GridWatch

Texas Power Grid Status & Outage Tracker

NormalGrid operating normally
Reserve Margin
23.0GW
34.1% of demand
Capacity
90.5 GW
Demand
67.5 GW
Steady
Customer Outages
41.9K
out of 9.4M customers tracked (0.44%)
Change (30 min):1.4K restored
Change (2 hr):0 no change
Improving
Grid Health Verdict
Low Impact

Outages declining, situation improving

Grid operating normally with 34.1% reserve margin. Currently 41,852 customers are without power. Power is being restored to affected areas. Ice accumulation is loading power lines and causing outages.

Ice Storm

Updated 1/25/26, 5:25 AM

Generation Mix
66.7 GW total
18.2%renewable
Natural Gas
39.1 GW58.5%
Wind
12.0 GW18.0%
Coal
10.9 GW16.3%
Nuclear
5.1 GW7.7%
Other
105 MW0.2%
Hydro
95 MW0.1%
Solar
0 MW0.0%
Battery
-530 MW-0.8%
Operating Reserves
Adequate
8.7 GW
Total ancillary capacity
RRS2.6 GW
NSRS4.7 GW
ECRS1.3 GW
Reg /295/325
Grid Demand
67.5GW
of 90.5 GW capacity
74.6% utilized23.0 GW headroom
Normal Load
Grid Stability
Stable
60.001Hz
Target: 60.000 Hz (±0.05)
System Inertia360.1 GW·s
Grid Timeline
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Outages by Utility
SWEPCO22.9K out of 547.7K customers (4.19%)
Oncor11.0K out of 4.1M customers (0.27%)
Bowie-Cass Electric3.6K out of 40.0K customers (9.07%)
AEP Texas2.8K out of 1.1M customers (0.25%)
TNMP923 out of 282.7K customers (0.33%)

Severity based on % of customers affected

Critical (≥1%)
Elevated (0.5-1%)
Normal (<0.5%)

Data sources: ERCOT, Oncor, AEP Texas, TNMP, Austin Energy, CPS Energy, PEC, Entergy Texas, SWEPCO, Bluebonnet Electric, GVEC, Bryan Texas Utilities, Mid-South Electric, United Cooperative Services, Lyntegar Electric, Farmers Electric, Wood County Electric, San Bernard Electric, Bowie-Cass Electric

Last updated: 1/25/26, 5:25 AM

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