Power Outages in Otero County, NM
No live outage feed is available for Otero County, NM yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.6 hours.
Otero County, NM is served by local tracked utilities.
Otero County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Flood AdvisoryMINOR
Otero County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×8
- Dust Advisory ×2
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Otero County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Otero County went about 10.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 16,919 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 6,623 customers out) · decade average 3.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 231 | 3,941 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 334 | 3,958 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 294 | 4,953 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 330 | 6,321 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 405 | 7,933 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | 393 | 16,919 | 4.3 |
| 2021 | 357 | 1,746 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 353 | 1,995 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | 415 | 2,849 | 2.8 |
| 2024 | 155 | 9,525 | 10.6 |
| 2025 | 79 | 6,623 | 10.6 |
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 3.9 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 Otero County: FAQ
- How often does Otero County, NM lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Otero County, NM logged 79 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Otero County, NM?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 16,919 customers without power, beginning July 14, 2020 and lasting about 5h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Otero County, NM right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Otero County, NM. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Otero County.
79837, 88081, 88310, 88311, 88314, 88317, 88325, 88330, 88337, 88340, 88342, 88344, 88347, 88349, 88350, 88352, 88354
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/35035 and /api/v1/counties/35035/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Mexico customers).