Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative is currently reporting 21,971 outages:

Jasper County: 1,603
Nacogdoches County: 1,207
Newton County: 1,798
Panola County: 726
Sabine County: 6,496
San Augustine County: 3,990
Shelby County: 6,130

At this time, below is our estimations for restoral times:

  *   The majority of Nacogdoches, Panola, San Augustine and Shelby County (with the exception of the Huxley and Hurstown area) should be restored within 3-5 days.
  *   Sabine, Newton and Jasper County (with the exception of those around Toledo Bend Lake) and those remaining in Shelby County (Huxley and Hurstown) should be restored within 7-10 days.
  *   Members around Toledo Bend Lake should be restored within 2 weeks.

Please keep in mind that these are estimates.  It is our goal to fulfill these estimates and our hope that we can provide power sooner than anticipated.

Currently we have over 200 men on the ground working and more on the way to restore power as safely and as quickly as possible.
Work is focused on repairing the transmission lines and main lines serving large areas.  With these repairs completed we can then focus on the damages that you may be seeing along your street or yard.

  *   At this time, if anyone in the home is dependent upon electricity for medical needs, it is advised that they seek an alternate location until power is restored.
  *   If you encounter a downed line, always consider it live and dangerous.  Do not get near the line or attempt to move or cut trees off the line. Please report all downed lines and outages by calling 1-800-392-5986.  For prompt reporting, please have the telephone and meter number associated with your account available.