Cooperative utility · · NM

Lea County Electric Coop, Inc

In 2025, the average Lea County Electric Coop, Inc customer in New Mexico was without power for 243 minutes (4.1 hours), about the same as the median New Mexico utility.

Outage minutes per customer 243min 2025, including major storms
Excluding major storm days 243min The everyday reliability of the network
Outages per customer a year 2.42 SAIFI, 2025
Residential price 11.0¢/kWh 2025 · New Mexico median 15.7¢

Reliability

Minutes in the dark, year by year

Average minutes without power per customer in New Mexico (SAIDI), with and without major event days, against the median New Mexico utility.

0 100 200 300 400 500 20182019202020212022202320242025 All days 243 No major storms 243 NM median 235

Price

Residential cents per kWh

Revenue from full-service residential customers divided by their sales, as reported to the EIA.

0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 20182019202020212022202320242025 This utility 11.0 NM median 15.7

Territory

Counties served

Counties where Lea County Electric Coop, Inc reports customers. Open one for its full outage history.

New Mexico

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2018–2025. Reliability uses the IEEE 1366 standard where the utility reports it. Residential customers in 2025: 9,498.