(May 18, 2021) 10:15pm Update - At this time, 246 members remain without power. With safety as their top priority, NEC line crews will continue to work as quickly as possible to restore power to all members. We appreciate your patience and support.
(May 18, 2021) 6:30pm Update - There are currently 277 members without power. Crews are still working at this time to restore the reaming outages. We appreciate your patience.
(May 18, 2021) 3:45pm Update - High winds and lighting damaged poles, power lines, and equipment to interrupt power for over 3,400 NEC members early this morning. With 438 members remaining without power at this time, NEC has restored power to almost 90% of these impacted members. NEC crews have been hard at work since 2am this morning and NEC has all available contract crews in the field supporting the service restoration effort. The damage impacted all areas of NEC’s distribution system so outages remain scattered across the system’s 8 county area. Members are cautioned that additional storms and flash flooding are in the forecast for tomorrow and through the rest of the week. Those with household members on life support should continue to plan for possible extended outages.
(May 18, 2021) 1:00pm Update - NEC line crews continue to respond to outages from the storms that moved through our service territory late Monday evening and early Tuesday morning. Rain, lightning, and high winds primarily impacted Duval, Jim Wells, and Nueces counties. Most of the damage is from lightning and high winds causing some broken poles and many individual outages that crews must respond to one-by-one. There are currently 138 outages and 830 members without power.
Because there are many individual outages, we cannot tell you exactly when your power will be restored if you are still off. With safety as their top priority, our line crews will work as quickly as possible to restore power to all members.
(May 18, 2021) 11:30am Update - Extremely high winds and lightning storms last night caused damage to some poles and equipment and resulted in many individual outages. There are currently 144 outages and 926 members without power. Our NEC linemen will continue to work to restore power as quickly and safely as possible until everyone is back in power. We thank you for your patience.
(May 18, 2021) 9:25am Update - There are currently 1,232 meters without power. We appreciate your patience as our crews work quickly and safely as possible to restore power to all members.
(May 18, 2021) 6:00am Update - We're down to 1,691 meters without power, due to scattered severe weather and thunderstorms around our service territory from last night. NEC line crews will continue to work to restore power as quickly and safely as possible until everyone is back in power. We appreciate your patience.
(May 18, 2021) 4:00am Update - The storms last night caused significant wind and lightening damage to NEC power lines. The damage is scattered throughout NEC's entire system. Our line crews are hard at work to restore power as quickly and as safely as possible to all members. Currently 2,280 members are without power.
View outages in real-time using NEC’s outage viewer: https://outage.nueceselectric.org
Tips to remember:
- Report outages on SmartHub or by calling 1-800-632-9288
- Do not approach downed power lines or poles. They could still be energized and are dangerous.
- Do not drive through flood waters. Turn around, don't drown.
- Unplug appliances and devices to prevent power surges to them.
- Keep refrigerators and freezers closed to help maintain the temperature.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. We hope everyone stays safe.
