County annual report · FIPS 35023
2018 Hidalgo County, NM Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Hidalgo County, NM went without power for an average of 0.9 hours, a total of 2,458 customer-hours (New Mexico average 1.8 hours). That ranks 20th worst of 26 New Mexico counties and 2339th of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with NM, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of New Mexico customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Hidalgo County, 2018
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 4, 2018 21:15 | March 4, 2018 22:45 | 1h 30m | 511 | 669 |
| 2 | August 9, 2018 01:30 | August 9, 2018 02:30 | 1h | 235 | 122 |
| 3 | August 5, 2018 21:45 | August 6, 2018 01:15 | 3h 30m | 225 | 630 |
| 4 | May 10, 2018 22:45 | May 11, 2018 03:15 | 4h 30m | 117 | 471 |
| 5 | November 8, 2018 14:00 | November 8, 2018 17:15 | 3h 15m | 82 | 84 |
| 6 | February 18, 2018 14:15 | February 18, 2018 15:00 | 45m | 79 | 59 |
| 7 | August 7, 2018 07:00 | August 7, 2018 08:15 | 1h 15m | 52 | 65 |
| 8 | July 14, 2018 21:30 | July 15, 2018 00:30 | 3h | 42 | 95 |
| 9 | January 18, 2018 00:15 | January 18, 2018 03:30 | 3h 15m | 30 | 91 |
| 10 | February 15, 2018 20:30 | February 16, 2018 01:45 | 5h 15m | 24 | 23 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 4 reached 100+ customers, 0 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Hidalgo County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2018, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of NM | 2018 | 1.8 hrs | 0.98 | 1.8 hrs | 0.98 |
| Columbus Electric Coop, Inc | - | - | - | - | - |
| Duncan Valley Elec Coop, Inc | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 74% of New Mexico's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 2,651 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Hidalgo County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Hidalgo County, NM annual power outage report, 2018, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2018/new-mexico/hidalgo-county