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2016 New Mexico Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average New Mexico customer went without power for about 2.1 hours, the 30th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.1
vs prior year
▲ 34%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
1.9M
Peak customers out
143,000
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NM customers
Counties reporting
20

New Mexico year over year

New Mexico: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.6h; 2016: 2.1h; 2017: 2.2h; 2018: 1.8h, coverage 74%; 2019: 2.1h, coverage 81%; 2020: 2.4h, coverage 82%; 2021: 2.6h, coverage 82%; 2022: 2.6h, coverage 82%; 2023: 2.8h; 2024: 5.2h; 2025: 3.0h02460%50%100%1.6h20152.1h20162.2h20171.8h20182.1h20192.4h20202.6h20212.6h20222.8h20235.2h20243.0h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2016

Customer-hours without power across New Mexico; August was the worst.

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New Mexico customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 66K, Feb 48K, Mar 75K, Apr 88K, May 117K, Jun 190K, Jul 248K, Aug 608K, Sep 227K, Oct 77K, Nov 74K, Dec 84K0200k400k600k800k66KJan48KFeb75KMar88KApr117KMay190KJun248KJul608KAug227KSep77KOct74KNov84KDec
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All 20 New Mexico counties, 2016

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Grant County6.498K15,35511,945356
2Valencia County4.5160K35,68620,796493
3Santa Fe County3.1247K78,87048,797493
4Lincoln County3.027K8,9677,622185
5Sandoval County3.0181K60,72523,233436
6Otero County3.055K18,4523,958334
7Doña Ana County2.2224K101,93011,331611
8Eddy County2.161K28,5395,772457
9Bernalillo County1.9701K364,40356,811924
10Union County1.73,3541,9841,46936
11Hidalgo County1.64,1232,6511,65648
12Luna County1.625K16,0187,371244
13San Miguel County1.315K11,78611,786147
14Lea County1.152K46,9642,677520
15Curry County0.621K33,3273,489263
16Chaves County0.626K46,3381,916421
17Catron County0.41,0162,45839812
18Quay County0.31,3864,68321563
19Roosevelt County0.050014,80854102
20Sierra County0.0462,9743412

Biggest New Mexico outages of 2016

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Bernalillo County, NMAugust 8, 2016 04:00August 8, 2016 12:308h 30m56,811179K
2Santa Fe County, NMAugust 8, 2016 04:00August 8, 2016 12:008h48,797130K
3Bernalillo County, NMSeptember 11, 2016 22:15September 13, 2016 07:451d 9h42,461120K
4Sandoval County, NMAugust 8, 2016 04:00August 8, 2016 13:459h 45m23,23375K
5Valencia County, NMAugust 8, 2016 04:00August 8, 2016 07:453h 45m20,79639K
6Sandoval County, NMApril 1, 2016 13:15April 1, 2016 14:301h 15m17,11510K
7Bernalillo County, NMJuly 19, 2016 17:30July 20, 2016 11:4518h 15m15,69117K
8Grant County, NMJuly 25, 2016 21:15July 26, 2016 01:003h 45m11,9459,870
9San Miguel County, NMAugust 8, 2016 04:15August 8, 2016 05:151h11,7867,965
10Doña Ana County, NMMarch 1, 2016 21:00March 1, 2016 23:002h11,3312,877
11Valencia County, NMMay 28, 2016 02:30May 28, 2016 23:1520h 45m10,43030K
12Lincoln County, NMJune 27, 2016 16:30June 27, 2016 17:1545m7,6221,908
13Luna County, NMJanuary 11, 2016 02:00January 11, 2016 07:155h 15m7,37113K
14Santa Fe County, NMJune 2, 2016 15:30June 2, 2016 15:4515m7,1931,798
15Bernalillo County, NMJune 17, 2016 12:45June 20, 2016 23:153d 10h7,15044K
16Bernalillo County, NMJuly 10, 2016 21:15July 11, 2016 03:456h 30m6,87913K
17Santa Fe County, NMApril 17, 2016 00:45April 17, 2016 03:453h6,33516K
18Bernalillo County, NMMarch 3, 2016 19:30March 4, 2016 01:155h 45m6,1257,491
19Santa Fe County, NMJune 2, 2016 14:00June 2, 2016 14:1515m6,0821,521
20Eddy County, NMMarch 1, 2016 10:15March 1, 2016 12:001h 45m5,7725,054
21Bernalillo County, NMFebruary 7, 2016 10:45February 7, 2016 11:451h5,6134,803
22Bernalillo County, NMMarch 27, 2016 13:45March 27, 2016 22:158h 30m5,5246,842
23Valencia County, NMSeptember 12, 2016 19:45September 12, 2016 23:003h 15m5,47915K
24Doña Ana County, NMApril 7, 2016 03:00April 7, 2016 05:152h 15m5,4643,416
25Doña Ana County, NMJanuary 21, 2016 14:30January 21, 2016 17:002h 30m5,3978,072
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New Mexico's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
New Mexico by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMEFLLAAR

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.