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 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.6
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
1.4M
Peak customers out
16,512
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NM customers
Counties reporting
21
New Mexico year over year
All 21 New Mexico counties, 2015
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curry County | 6.3 | 210K | 33,327 | 11,524 | 265 |
| 2 | Grant County | 4.0 | 62K | 15,355 | 4,580 | 222 |
| 3 | Doña Ana County | 3.1 | 320K | 101,930 | 14,688 | 642 |
| 4 | Eddy County | 2.9 | 82K | 28,539 | 7,232 | 476 |
| 5 | Union County | 2.7 | 5,454 | 1,984 | 1,466 | 19 |
| 6 | Lincoln County | 2.4 | 22K | 8,967 | 3,197 | 137 |
| 7 | Chaves County | 1.8 | 82K | 46,338 | 2,499 | 448 |
| 8 | Lea County | 1.8 | 83K | 46,964 | 2,344 | 510 |
| 9 | Santa Fe County | 1.7 | 137K | 78,870 | 15,578 | 339 |
| 10 | Otero County | 1.6 | 29K | 18,452 | 3,941 | 231 |
| 11 | Luna County | 1.5 | 24K | 16,018 | 1,830 | 199 |
| 12 | Valencia County | 1.3 | 46K | 35,686 | 4,689 | 323 |
| 13 | Catron County | 1.0 | 2,493 | 2,458 | 448 | 53 |
| 14 | Sandoval County | 0.9 | 55K | 60,725 | 3,408 | 313 |
| 15 | San Miguel County | 0.8 | 9,285 | 11,786 | 1,958 | 94 |
| 16 | Bernalillo County | 0.7 | 251K | 364,403 | 16,508 | 579 |
| 17 | Hidalgo County | 0.6 | 1,579 | 2,651 | 126 | 38 |
| 18 | Roosevelt County | 0.5 | 7,935 | 14,808 | 967 | 121 |
| 19 | Quay County | 0.2 | 1,159 | 4,683 | 286 | 77 |
| 20 | Sierra County | 0.1 | 406 | 2,974 | 172 | 19 |
| 21 | Socorro County | 0.0 | 6 | 9,451 | 1 | 3 |
Biggest New Mexico outages of 2015
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernalillo County, NM | August 28, 2015 07:15 | August 28, 2015 17:45 | 10h 30m | 16,508 | 22K |
| 2 | Santa Fe County, NM | July 30, 2015 09:45 | July 30, 2015 16:00 | 6h 15m | 15,578 | 35K |
| 3 | Doña Ana County, NM | May 3, 2015 02:00 | May 3, 2015 13:30 | 11h 30m | 14,688 | 33K |
| 4 | Curry County, NM | December 26, 2015 18:45 | December 28, 2015 02:30 | 1d 7h | 11,524 | 133K |
| 5 | Santa Fe County, NM | June 8, 2015 13:30 | June 8, 2015 18:00 | 4h 30m | 11,520 | 18K |
| 6 | Doña Ana County, NM | January 5, 2015 17:00 | January 5, 2015 21:15 | 4h 15m | 11,353 | 18K |
| 7 | Eddy County, NM | August 16, 2015 13:00 | August 16, 2015 19:30 | 6h 30m | 7,232 | 17K |
| 8 | Doña Ana County, NM | July 13, 2015 13:45 | July 13, 2015 23:30 | 9h 45m | 6,920 | 4,747 |
| 9 | Bernalillo County, NM | December 20, 2015 21:00 | December 21, 2015 07:45 | 10h 45m | 6,138 | 8,206 |
| 10 | Doña Ana County, NM | March 23, 2015 20:00 | March 23, 2015 20:15 | 15m | 5,989 | 1,497 |
| 11 | Doña Ana County, NM | July 9, 2015 07:15 | July 9, 2015 16:45 | 9h 30m | 5,988 | 14K |
| 12 | Doña Ana County, NM | December 27, 2015 01:30 | December 29, 2015 02:45 | 2d 1h | 5,251 | 52K |
| 13 | Santa Fe County, NM | July 21, 2015 12:30 | July 21, 2015 21:45 | 9h 15m | 4,998 | 10K |
| 14 | Bernalillo County, NM | May 30, 2015 15:45 | May 31, 2015 10:15 | 18h 30m | 4,974 | 11K |
| 15 | Bernalillo County, NM | October 16, 2015 03:15 | October 17, 2015 22:15 | 1d 19h | 4,855 | 26K |
| 16 | Valencia County, NM | September 15, 2015 18:15 | September 16, 2015 02:45 | 8h 30m | 4,689 | 6,032 |
| 17 | Grant County, NM | June 17, 2015 02:30 | June 17, 2015 04:00 | 1h 30m | 4,580 | 5,912 |
| 18 | Doña Ana County, NM | June 19, 2015 00:45 | June 19, 2015 02:45 | 2h | 4,470 | 8,939 |
| 19 | Eddy County, NM | December 2, 2015 14:00 | December 2, 2015 18:30 | 4h 30m | 4,363 | 8,672 |
| 20 | Grant County, NM | June 25, 2015 20:00 | June 26, 2015 05:15 | 9h 15m | 4,262 | 2,948 |
| 21 | Bernalillo County, NM | December 22, 2015 10:45 | December 22, 2015 19:45 | 9h | 4,242 | 17K |
| 22 | Curry County, NM | May 12, 2015 14:00 | May 12, 2015 14:30 | 30m | 4,134 | 2,067 |
| 23 | Otero County, NM | August 28, 2015 18:30 | August 28, 2015 19:15 | 45m | 3,941 | 2,956 |
| 24 | Otero County, NM | June 30, 2015 15:00 | June 30, 2015 19:30 | 4h 30m | 3,936 | 1,971 |
| 25 | Doña Ana County, NM | August 7, 2015 04:30 | August 7, 2015 20:15 | 15h 45m | 3,850 | 12K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New Mexico's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.