Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative members who provide a cell phone number will automatically be enrolled in the cooperative’s free Outage Alerts text service. Those members can text the following to 85700:
OUT — To report an outage using your smartphone.
STATUS — To get an update and estimated restoration time. You will also get a text when your power is restored.
HELP — To obtain a list of text messaging keywords and the phone number to speak with a member service representative. For more information, call 800-842-7708 from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.
STOP — To opt out of Outage Alerts.
BBOUTAGE — To re-enroll for Outage Alerts.
If another member has already reported an outage affecting you, you’ll automatically get a text that we are aware of the outage.
TIP: Consider saving “85700” in your phone, perhaps as “Bluebonnet Outages.”
Message and data rates may apply.