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2015 New Mexico Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average New Mexico customer went without power for about 1.6 hours — the 37th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.6
Peak customers out
16,508
Rank (worst state)
37th
Counties affected
20

New Mexico outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

1.6h20152.1h20162.2h20171.8h20182.1h20192.4h20202.6h20212.6h20222.8h20235.2h20243.0h2025

Hardest-hit New Mexico counties in 2015

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Bernalillo County16,5082Santa Fe County15,5783Doña Ana County14,6884Curry County11,5245Eddy County7,2326Valencia County4,6897Grant County4,5808Otero County3,9419Sandoval County3,40810Lincoln County3,19711Chaves County2,49912Lea County2,34413San Miguel County1,95814Luna County1,83015Union County1,46616Roosevelt County96717Catron County44818Quay County28619Sierra County17220Hidalgo County126

Biggest New Mexico outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Bernalillo CountyAugust 28, 201516,508
Santa Fe CountyJuly 30, 201515,578
Doña Ana CountyMay 3, 201514,688
Curry CountyDecember 26, 201511,524
Santa Fe CountyJune 8, 201511,520
Doña Ana CountyJanuary 5, 201511,353
Eddy CountyAugust 16, 20157,232
Doña Ana CountyJuly 13, 20156,920
Bernalillo CountyDecember 20, 20156,138
Doña Ana CountyMarch 23, 20155,989
New Mexico by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2015:WVWANCMIRILA

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.