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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 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
1.8
vs prior year
▼ 17%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
1.8M
Peak customers out
29,921
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
74%
of NM customers
Counties reporting
26

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, 2018

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

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New Mexico customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 74K, Feb 62K, Mar 108K, Apr 103K, May 161K, Jun 173K, Jul 373K, Aug 245K, Sep 114K, Oct 140K, Nov 85K, Dec 139K0100k200k300k400k74KJan62KFeb108KMar103KApr161KMay173KJun373KJul245KAug114KSep140KOct85KNov139KDec
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All 26 New Mexico counties, 2018

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Catron County16.641K2,4581,43942
2Valencia County5.9210K35,68610,854498
3Union County5.210K1,9841,44235
4Lincoln County3.734K8,9676,329293
5Torrance County3.625K6,8511,768367
6De Baca County3.51,4064055158
7Grant County3.350K15,3553,028297
8Guadalupe County2.94,4301,54842094
9Eddy County2.674K28,5394,914708
10Sandoval County2.2136K60,7257,000454
11Santa Fe County2.1167K78,8709,783610
12Lea County1.990K46,9644,795838
13Bernalillo County1.7612K364,40329,918681
14Luna County1.727K16,0181,878251
15San Miguel County1.619K11,7864,008164
16Doña Ana County1.5157K101,9307,431596
17Otero County1.528K18,4526,321330
18Chaves County1.362K46,3384,954633
19Quay County1.15,1354,6833,425138
20Hidalgo County0.92,4582,65151145
21Curry County0.620K33,3274,994472
22Roosevelt County0.22,71714,808508164
23Socorro County0.15949,4515742
24Sierra County0.11642,9744812
25Rio Arriba County0.0847,029276
26San Juan County0.0260,29424

Biggest New Mexico outages of 2018

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 13, 2018 13:45August 16, 2018 12:002d 22h29,91879K
2Bernalillo County, NMMay 15, 2018 14:15May 16, 2018 11:4521h 30m18,34923K
3Bernalillo County, NMMay 3, 2018 03:30May 3, 2018 05:001h 30m18,22510K
4Bernalillo County, NMJuly 22, 2018 15:00July 27, 2018 08:004d 17h13,06186K
5Bernalillo County, NMMarch 30, 2018 13:30March 31, 2018 07:1517h 45m11,14522K
6Valencia County, NMDecember 27, 2018 01:00December 29, 2018 23:302d 22h10,85453K
7Santa Fe County, NMAugust 14, 2018 00:30August 14, 2018 04:304h9,78313K
8Santa Fe County, NMAugust 3, 2018 20:30August 4, 2018 20:301d7,89624K
9Doña Ana County, NMJuly 30, 2018 22:00July 31, 2018 05:157h 15m7,43127K
10Sandoval County, NMMay 21, 2018 00:00May 21, 2018 05:005h7,00016K
11Bernalillo County, NMApril 19, 2018 17:15April 21, 2018 03:001d 9h6,65711K
12Valencia County, NMMarch 18, 2018 19:15March 20, 2018 12:451d 17h6,62125K
13Santa Fe County, NMAugust 6, 2018 14:15August 6, 2018 14:3015m6,4171,604
14Lincoln County, NMNovember 15, 2018 16:00November 15, 2018 16:1515m6,3291,582
15Otero County, NMJune 8, 2018 17:15June 8, 2018 17:4530m6,3212,562
16Bernalillo County, NMJuly 28, 2018 00:00July 30, 2018 19:302d 19h6,22328K
17Doña Ana County, NMJuly 2, 2018 12:00July 2, 2018 13:301h 30m6,2181,685
18Doña Ana County, NMJune 3, 2018 23:15June 4, 2018 10:3011h 15m5,74616K
19Bernalillo County, NMJune 6, 2018 12:15June 9, 2018 10:002d 21h5,5748,188
20Valencia County, NMApril 17, 2018 18:15April 18, 2018 03:159h5,57213K
21Valencia County, NMApril 12, 2018 18:45April 13, 2018 14:4520h5,4729,189
22Bernalillo County, NMMay 19, 2018 15:45May 20, 2018 19:451d 4h5,4307,440
23Doña Ana County, NMAugust 17, 2018 00:45August 17, 2018 19:3018h 45m5,25514K
24Doña Ana County, NMJuly 10, 2018 18:45July 10, 2018 21:002h 15m5,0834,105
25Doña Ana County, NMOctober 23, 2018 16:15October 23, 2018 20:304h 15m5,0743,942
EAGLE-I tracked about 74% of New Mexico's electricity customers in 2018; 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:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVTMEMI

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

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