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2021 New Mexico Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average New Mexico customer went without power for about 2.6 hours, the 38th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.6
vs prior year
▲ 5%
vs 2020
Customer-hours out
2.6M
Peak customers out
51,120
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
82%
of NM customers
Counties reporting
27

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, 2021

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

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New Mexico customer-hours without power by month, 2021Jan 89K, Feb 384K, Mar 153K, Apr 145K, May 277K, Jun 354K, Jul 359K, Aug 208K, Sep 111K, Oct 174K, Nov 75K, Dec 238K0100k200k300k400k89KJan384KFeb153KMar145KApr277KMay354KJun359KJul208KAug111KSep174KOct75KNov238KDec
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All 27 New Mexico counties, 2021

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Rio Arriba County34.0239K7,0296,030467
2Torrance County11.982K6,8514,187511
3Guadalupe County11.317K1,548477110
4Eddy County6.0172K28,53915,851712
5De Baca County5.82,3394054746
6Lincoln County4.843K8,9673,898311
7Quay County4.521K4,6833,479134
8Grant County3.858K15,3554,546278
9Union County3.77,2471,9841,44739
10Lea County3.6171K46,9646,217727
11San Miguel County3.642K11,7864,019191
12Doña Ana County3.0303K101,93013,953590
13Santa Fe County2.5200K78,87011,734666
14San Juan County2.5152K60,2944,850708
15Curry County2.582K33,3279,414412
16Sandoval County2.3139K60,7255,617521
17Valencia County2.381K35,6864,742515
18Chaves County2.2103K46,33813,467598
19Bernalillo County1.6569K364,40318,029701
20Roosevelt County1.623K14,8082,782163
21Luna County1.625K16,0189,800257
22Otero County1.324K18,4521,746357
23Hidalgo County1.23,0642,65122150
24Catron County0.81,9272,45870445
25Socorro County0.43,8329,45127460
26McKinley County0.12,04718,73912624
27Sierra County0.12722,9742813

Biggest New Mexico outages of 2021

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, NMMay 24, 2021 14:15May 25, 2021 06:0015h 45m18,02934K
2Bernalillo County, NMJune 26, 2021 11:45June 27, 2021 10:3022h 45m17,52351K
3Eddy County, NMFebruary 16, 2021 04:45February 17, 2021 08:151d 3h15,85164K
4Bernalillo County, NMApril 13, 2021 10:00April 14, 2021 01:1515h 15m14,16334K
5Doña Ana County, NMJune 18, 2021 06:15June 18, 2021 09:303h 15m13,95320K
6Doña Ana County, NMJune 13, 2021 09:30June 13, 2021 23:1513h 45m13,92331K
7Chaves County, NMFebruary 16, 2021 13:00February 17, 2021 06:4517h 45m13,46759K
8Santa Fe County, NMJuly 24, 2021 16:00July 25, 2021 01:159h 15m11,73413K
9Bernalillo County, NMJuly 23, 2021 15:30July 25, 2021 10:001d 18h9,87135K
10Luna County, NMNovember 13, 2021 21:15November 13, 2021 23:001h 45m9,8007,351
11Curry County, NMFebruary 14, 2021 16:00February 17, 2021 03:152d 11h9,41460K
12Doña Ana County, NMMarch 16, 2021 12:45March 16, 2021 16:303h 45m9,2454,830
13Bernalillo County, NMMarch 24, 2021 07:15March 26, 2021 01:301d 18h8,06747K
14Bernalillo County, NMDecember 15, 2021 13:15December 16, 2021 02:0012h 45m7,7042,755
15Doña Ana County, NMJuly 11, 2021 22:45July 14, 2021 02:302d 3h7,09253K
16Doña Ana County, NMJune 1, 2021 00:15June 1, 2021 10:3010h 15m6,98323K
17Bernalillo County, NMJuly 2, 2021 13:15July 5, 2021 03:002d 13h6,46225K
18Lea County, NMFebruary 16, 2021 13:15February 17, 2021 07:4518h 30m6,21730K
19Rio Arriba County, NMDecember 15, 2021 15:45December 18, 2021 01:152d 9h6,03087K
20Bernalillo County, NMJuly 31, 2021 14:00August 1, 2021 05:1515h 15m5,81117K
21Sandoval County, NMApril 13, 2021 15:15April 13, 2021 19:154h5,61714K
22Bernalillo County, NMNovember 10, 2021 15:45November 10, 2021 23:458h5,5571,644
23Doña Ana County, NMMay 22, 2021 20:30May 23, 2021 02:306h5,55423K
24Doña Ana County, NMMay 10, 2021 09:45May 10, 2021 12:453h5,55116K
25Doña Ana County, NMNovember 13, 2021 13:15November 13, 2021 23:1510h5,5116,357
EAGLE-I tracked about 82% of New Mexico's electricity customers in 2021; 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:2025202420232022202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2021:LAMIWVORTXMSKYNC

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

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