Power Outages in Doña Ana County, NM
Columbus Electric Coop, Inc and Public Service Co of NM publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for El Paso Electric Co. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.8 hours.
Doña Ana County, NM is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/new-mexico/dona-ana-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Doña Ana County, NM". https://massoutage.com/new-mexico/dona-ana-county
Columbus Electric Coop, Inc and Public Service Co of NM publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for El Paso Electric Co: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~104,062 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: El Paso Electric Co. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Columbus Electric Coop, Inc, Public Service Co of NM.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Public Service Co of NM | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| El Paso Electric Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Doña Ana Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (23)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88011 | 825 | 29 | 711 | ≤11 |
| 88012 | 648 | 36 | 575 | ≤11 |
| 88001 | 648 | 31 | 564 | ≤11 |
| 88005 | 617 | 26 | 557 | ≤11 |
| 88007 | 589 | 29 | 517 | ≤11 |
| 88021 | 217 | ≤11 | 191 | ≤11 |
| 88081 | 203 | ≤11 | 180 | ≤11 |
| 88063 | 127 | 0 | 104 | ≤11 |
| 88008 | 72 | ≤11 | 58 | ≤11 |
| 88047 | 70 | ≤11 | 61 | ≤11 |
| 88044 | 64 | ≤11 | 58 | 0 |
| 88048 | 62 | ≤11 | 57 | 0 |
| 88004 | 51 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| 87937 | 50 | 0 | 42 | ≤11 |
| 88052 | 24 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 87941 | 19 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 88072 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 88027 | 17 | 0 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 88058 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 87936 | 12 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 88003 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 88002 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 87940 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Doña Ana County or any town and utility in it.
- Wind AdvisoryMODERATE
Doña Ana County has been under 141 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×47
- Flash Flood Warning ×44
- Flood Watch ×20
- Special Weather Statement ×12
- Flood Warning ×9
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
Hardest-hit cities in Doña Ana County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Las Crucesno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Doña Ana County went about 3.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 27,917 customers.
The US EIA reports New Mexico utilities averaged 2.7 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 3.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 11,677 customers out) · decade average 2.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 642 | 14,688 | 3.1 |
| 2016 | 611 | 11,331 | 2.2 |
| 2017 | 562 | 27,917 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 596 | 7,431 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 663 | 7,551 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 611 | 7,813 | 2.2 |
| 2021 | 590 | 13,953 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 646 | 9,612 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 655 | 10,341 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 1,005 | 13,227 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 1,017 | 11,677 | 3.8 |
Cost of power in Doña Ana County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Doña Ana County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Public Service Co of NM16.4¢496,914 cust
- El Paso Electric Co10.3¢97,258 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Very High winter weather exposure · 2.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Doña Ana County: FAQ
- How often does Doña Ana County, NM lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Doña Ana County, NM logged 1,017 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Doña Ana County, NM?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 27,917 customers without power, beginning January 18, 2017 and lasting about 3h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Doña Ana County, NM right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Doña Ana County, NM. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Las Cruces. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Doña Ana County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Doña Ana County.
87936, 87937, 87940, 87941, 88001, 88002, 88003, 88004, 88005, 88007, 88008, 88011, 88012, 88021, 88024, 88027, 88044, 88046, 88047, 88048, 88052, 88063, 88072
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of NM | 2.1 hrs | Live · total only | |
| El Paso Electric Co | 1.2 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Columbus Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Mexico customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/35013 and /api/v1/counties/35013/history.