News Releases

AEP Texas sent 338 employees, contractors and business partners AEP Texas to help its Southwestern Electric Power sister company restore service after Hurricane Laura passes. Of that number, 112 are AEP Texas employees, and 226 are contractors and business partners. 

Beginning Monday, August 17, occasional road closures will occur on Highway 361 near Mustang Island to safely accommodate AEP Texas crews and large utility trucks working on the Mustang Island Shield Wire Replacement Project.

(Tuesday, August 11, 2020) -- AEP Texas has completed its rebuild of a two-mile segment of a transmission line in Edinburg and has withdrawn its ongoing appeal for conservation throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

(Monday, August 10, 2020) -- AEP Texas is strongly urging Rio Grande Valley residents to practice energy conservation today to help avoid the possibility of power disruptions.  

AEP Texas reminds residents throughout its Rio Grande Valley service territory to practice conservation measures through August 14 while a two-mile stretch of 138-kV transmission line is rebuilt. The section of transmission line was damaged during Hurricane Hanna.

AEP Texas solicita a los residentes en su territorio de servicio en el Valle del Rio Grande que practiquen medidas de conservación de energía eléctrica a partir del 1 de agosto y hasta el 14 del mismo mientras un tramo de dos millas de las líneas de transmisión dañada durante el Huracán Hanna es re-construido.

AEP Texas asks residents throughout its Rio Grande Valley service territory to practice conservation measures from August 1 through 14 while a two-mile stretch of 138-kV transmission line is rebuilt. The section of transmission line was damaged during Hurricane Hanna.

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (July 31, 2020) – AEP Texas has reached the most difficult phase of the Hurricane Hanna restoration effort where flooding, standing water and muddy conditions make the work especially difficult and challenging. As the effort nears completion, however, AEP Texas crews have restored electric service to more than 98 percent of all customers in the Rio Grande Valley who were affected by Hurricane Hanna.

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (31 de julio del 2020) –  AEP Texas ha alcanzado la fase más difícil en el proceso de restauración después del paso del Huracán Hanna donde condiciones de inundación, agua estancada y lodazales hacen de nuestro trabajo un reto aún más difícil de superar. Sin embargo, al acercarnos al final de nuestra labor, podemos reportar que las cuadrillas AEP Texas han restaurado electricidad al 98 por ciento de nuestros clientes en el Valle del Rio Grande afectados por el Huracán Hanna.

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (July 31, 2020) – More than 1,500 AEP Texas, mutual assistance and contract personnel traveled to the Rio Grande Valley to restore electric service to customers who lost power after Hurricane Hanna, a Category 1 storm, made landfall along the Texas coastline last Saturday. Heavy, continuous rains across the entire RGV region caused flooding, structural damage, extensive forestry issues, and left approximately 152,400 RGV customers without power.