News Releases

CORPUS CHRISTI (June 1, 2023) – June 1 marks the beginning of hurricane season, which continues through November 30. Now is the time to begin planning for the possibility of a major storm.  

Efrain Franco, Jr., has been selected as the External Affairs Manager for Corpus Christi. 

AEP Texas crews and additional resources brought in to assist the efforts, have restored service to approximately 152,000 customers of those impacted by the storms this past weekend in the Rio Grande Valley.  As of 9 this evening, less than 3,300 customers are without power. 

As of 10:45 p.m. on Monday, AEP Texas crews had restored power to approximately 146,000 Rio Grande Valley customers since 155,000 were left without power at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning. 

AEP Texas crews on Monday will focus on the remaining pockets of outages in the Rio Grande Valley.  As of 9 a.m., approximately 17,000 customers remained without power, mostly in the Mission area (10,000), McAllen area (3,200) and Pharr area (3,200). 

Over 400 line workers are currently involved in restoring service to the 38,500 customers still without power in the Rio Grande Valley as of 9:30 a.m.  At the peak of the storm at 2 a.m. on Saturday, over 155,000 customers were left without power. 

As of 6 p.m. on Sunday, AEP Texas crews had restored power to 126,000 of the 155,000 customers in the Rio Grande Valley left without power by the storm late Friday evening and early Saturday morning.

AEP Texas crews continue to reduce the number of outages following the strong storms that moved through the Rio Grande Valley on Friday night.  As of 9 a.m. on Saturday, crews reduced to approximately 90,000 outages as compared to the estimated peak of 156,000 late Friday evening. 

AEP Texas crews have restored power to over 107,000 customers following severe thunderstorms that swept through the Rio Grande Valley on Friday night.  Additional resources began arriving today to restore power to the remaining 48,000 who remained without power as of 6 p.m. on Saturday. 

AEP Texas has the earned ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy for its continued outstanding contributions in the transition to a clean energy economy. The award reflects work and programming administered by the AEP Texas Energy Efficiency & Consumer Programs work group.