Power Outages in Taos County, NM
There is no live feed for Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc, so we can't see current outages in Taos County, NM.
Taos County, NM is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/new-mexico/taos-county
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- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Taos County, NM". https://massoutage.com/new-mexico/taos-county
No live feed for Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~29,024 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Taos 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 (15)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87571 | 567 | ≤11 | 540 | ≤11 |
| 87557 | 300 | ≤11 | 287 | ≤11 |
| 87529 | 261 | 0 | 247 | ≤11 |
| 87556 | 138 | 0 | 134 | ≤11 |
| 87553 | 73 | 0 | 70 | 0 |
| 87521 | 48 | 0 | 46 | ≤11 |
| 87549 | 44 | ≤11 | 42 | 0 |
| 87579 | 42 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 87513 | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 87519 | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 87558 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 87524 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 87564 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 87543 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 87525 | ≤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 Taos County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Taos County right now.
Taos County has been under 34 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×23
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Freeze Watch ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Taos County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
EAGLE-I historical coverage for this county is limited.
The US EIA reports New Mexico utilities averaged 2.7 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025.
Cost of power in Taos County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Taos 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.
- Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc15.7¢26,286 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.
Relatively High winter weather exposure.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Taos County: FAQ
- Is there a power outage in Taos County, NM right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Taos County, NM. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Taos County.
87512, 87513, 87514, 87517, 87519, 87524, 87525, 87529, 87531, 87543, 87553, 87556, 87557, 87558, 87564, 87571, 87579, 87580
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc | 5.1 hrs | No live feed | - |
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. Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/35055 and /api/v1/counties/35055/history.