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2018 New Mexico Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average New Mexico customer went without power for about 1.8 hours — the 43rd worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.8
Peak customers out
29,918
Rank (worst state)
43rd
Counties affected
20

New Mexico outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2018 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit New Mexico counties in 2018

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

1Bernalillo County29,9182Valencia County10,8543Santa Fe County9,7834Doña Ana County7,4315Sandoval County7,0006Lincoln County6,3297Otero County6,3218Curry County4,9949Chaves County4,95410Eddy County4,91411Lea County4,79512San Miguel County4,00813Quay County3,42514Grant County3,02815Luna County1,87816Torrance County1,76817Union County1,44218Catron County1,43919Hidalgo County51120Roosevelt County508

Biggest New Mexico outages of 2018

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Bernalillo CountyAugust 13, 201829,918
Bernalillo CountyMay 15, 201818,349
Bernalillo CountyMay 3, 201818,225
Bernalillo CountyJuly 22, 201813,061
Bernalillo CountyMarch 30, 201811,145
Valencia CountyDecember 27, 201810,854
Santa Fe CountyAugust 14, 20189,783
Santa Fe CountyAugust 3, 20187,896
Doña Ana CountyJuly 30, 20187,431
Sandoval CountyMay 21, 20187,000
New Mexico by year:20252024202320222021202020192017
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVT

Part of the 2018 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.