Over 11,000 Central Texans without power following Wednesday night storms

by Stephanie Becerra

Thursday, Jun 22nd 2023

Over 11,000 Central Texans without power following Wednesday night storms

AUSTIN, Texas —

Over 12,000 Central Texans were affected by power outages following Wednesday night's thunderstorms.

As of Austin Energy's latest available outage map update at 8:52 p.m., there were 139 active outages affecting 10,953 people -- and almost half live in South Austin.

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Austin Energy reported having a technical issue with its outage map and reporting system and says crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore the power.

If you are experiencing a power outage, report it to Austin Energy at 512-322-9100.

Oncor's power outage map showed there were 17 outages affecting 211 people in Travis County and 32 outages affecting 1,534 people in Williamson County at 9 p.m.

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Oncor said crews are actively working to restore power to its customers.

Bluebonnet reported at 9 p.m. the following numbers of households without power: 4 in Austin, 1,300 in Caldwell County, 380 in Travis County, 444 in Bastrop County, and 567 in Guadalupe County.

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