Power Out Map
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Power outage history

New Mexico

2.6hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 45th of 51.

Largest outage on record Winter storm, November 7, 2024 69,309 customers out · 6% of the state
Electricity customers 1,077,140 Across 33 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2024 4.8 hours without power, average customer

County by county

Where New Mexico goes dark

Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.

Fewer hours64+ h / yr

Most hours without power

  1. 1Lincoln24 h
  2. 2Torrance11 h
  3. 3Rio Arriba10 h
  4. 4De Baca9.1 h
  5. 5Guadalupe5.7 h
  6. 6Catron5.0 h
  7. 7Grant4.8 h
  8. 8Otero4.3 h
  9. 9Valencia3.8 h
  10. 10Santa Fe3.6 h

Most reliable

  1. 1Roosevelt0.6 h
  2. 2Luna1.4 h
  3. 3Chaves1.6 h
  4. 4Curry1.7 h
  5. 5Bernalillo1.8 h

Year by year

Hours in the dark, statewide

0 2 4 6 8 ’15 ’16 ’17 1.6 ’18 1.9 ’19 2.2 ’20 2.4 ’21 2.4 ’22 2.5 ’23 4.8 ’24 2.7 ’25 US 6.6

The record

New Mexico's largest outages

Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.

BeganStormPeak outShare
Nov 7, 2024 Winter storm 69,309 6.4%
Feb 16, 2021 No storm report 51,120 4.8%
Feb 26, 2023 Windstorm 44,227 4.1%
Feb 2, 2017 No storm report 31,224 2.9%
Mar 18, 2025 Windstorm 30,543 2.8%

Every county

All 33 counties

CountyHours / yrMajor outages since 2018Customers
Lincoln 24 64 8,967
Torrance 11 81 6,851
Rio Arriba 10 23 20,592
De Baca 9.1 24 440
Guadalupe 5.7 24 1,548
Catron 5.0 29 2,458
Grant 4.8 22 15,355
Otero 4.3 35 18,452
Valencia 3.8 14 35,686
Santa Fe 3.6 14 78,870
San Miguel 3.6 40 11,786
Sandoval 3.6 4 60,725
Quay 3.4 8 4,683
McKinley 3.1 3 18,739
Eddy 3.1 18 28,539
San Juan 3.0 5 60,294
Lea 2.6 5 46,964
Cibola 2.5 1 13,863
Doña Ana 2.4 5 101,930
Bernalillo 1.8 0 364,403
Curry 1.7 12 33,327
Chaves 1.6 5 46,338
Luna 1.4 12 16,018
Roosevelt 0.6 3 14,808
Socorro 0.3 0 9,451

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities in New Mexico

Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.

UtilityTypeOutage min / yrExcl. major storms¢/kWhCustomers
Public Service Co of NM Investor Owned 125 117 16.4 497k
Southwestern Public Service Co Investor Owned 235 145 12.9 101k
El Paso Electric Co Investor Owned 116 116 10.3 97k
City of Farmington Municipal 75 – 12.9 36k
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 562 472 15.8 28k
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 305 238 15.7 26k
Continental Divide El Coop Inc Cooperative 235 235 16.9 20k
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc Cooperative 616 368 17.4 19k
Otero County Electric Coop Inc Cooperative – – 19.6 17k
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 198 198 13.7 10k
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority State 191 191 16.4 9.8k
Los Alamos County Municipal 20 20 14.8 8.4k
Lea County Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 243 243 11.0 7.3k
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 326 280 9.8 6.2k
Roosevelt County Elec Coop Inc Cooperative – – 13.5 3.9k