SEV2 — MajorCLOSEDInfrastructureUnverified52d ago

Texas Power Outage Affecting 77,000+ Customers

A significant power outage in Texas is impacting over 77,000 customers, representing a 2.6x increase above normal levels. This outage threatens site operations for contact centers and back-office facilities in affected areas, potentially causing service disruptions and staffing challenges. WFM leaders should assess operational continuity plans for Texas-based facilities and prepare for potential service level impacts.

Impact Summary

A significant power outage in Texas is impacting over 77,000 customers, representing a 2.6x increase above normal levels. This outage threatens site operations for contact centers and back-office facilities in affected areas, potentially causing service disruptions and staffing challenges. WFM leaders should assess operational continuity plans for Texas-based facilities and prepare for potential service level impacts.

Domain
Infrastructure
Region
Texas, US, South Africa
Opened By
watchkeeper
May 20, 2026, 06:30 AM UTC
Event Cluster
2 events
OVIX Score
8.5
Closed
watchkeeper-auto(merged)
May 20, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC

Timeline3

Incident openedby watchkeeperMay 20, 2026, 06:30 AM UTC
Auto-declared from 2 infrastructure signals via tier=cluster_llm. OVIX score 8.5.
Note addedby watchkeeperMay 20, 2026, 06:30 AM UTC
Flagged for human validation: SEV2 incidents require manual review per policy.
Incident closedby watchkeeperMay 20, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC
Bulk closed: duplicate/noise from v2 calibration. Replaced by v3-calibrated engine.

Evidence / Why this?

Traced to source — read-only
Evidence is not yet available for this incident. Older incidents predate the traceability layer; newly declared incidents will show why they were declared, why their severity was set, geo provenance, and their sources here.

Related Signals2

[US] infrastructure 8.5 — Power outage: Texas — 77,086 customers affected (2.6x above 24h avg of 29,373)sentinel52d ago[US] infrastructure 8.5 — Power outage: Texas — 77,086 customers affected (2.6x above 24h avg of 29,373)sentinel52d ago

Affected Regions

South Africa