Less than 48 hours after a powerful EF3 tornado hit the city of Jacksboro, Texas, Monday afternoon, most customers who can receive power now have service.

Oncor crews were on the scene late Monday after the twister slammed into the town, tore and damaged some 80 utility poles and left over 1,000 homes and businesses without electricity.

“We will continue to work until the sun goes down around the clock until all lights come on,” said Oncor Supervisor, Maintenance & Construction, Courtney Hack on Tuesday.

By late Wednesday, Oncor customers in Jacksboro whose homes or businesses were not badly damaged had their power restored.

Some homes or businesses in areas that experienced severe damage may not be able to accept power until proper repairs to their equipment are made.

Customers may need to work with an electrician to make their repairs, and Oncor will work with customers throughout this restoration process. For more information on what Oncor maintains and what customers are responsible for, click here. 

Note to Media: Oncor’s online Storm Center map identifies all current outages throughout our service area, which serves more than 13 million Texans in more than 400 communities, making up nearly one-third of the state’s geographic area. Oncor constantly responds to new power outages from a variety of issues throughout the state. It is important to distinguish the cold weather/storm-related outages of this week from separate outage events.