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2022 New Mexico Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average New Mexico customer went without power for about 2.6 hours, the 39th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.6
vs prior year
▲ 0%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
2.6M
Peak customers out
16,870
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, 2022

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

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New Mexico customer-hours without power by month, 2022Jan 127K, Feb 75K, Mar 101K, Apr 630K, May 151K, Jun 330K, Jul 217K, Aug 313K, Sep 168K, Oct 156K, Nov 112K, Dec 198K0200k400k600k800k127KJan75KFeb101KMar630KApr151KMay330KJun217KJul313KAug168KSep156KOct112KNov198KDec
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All 27 New Mexico counties, 2022

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Lincoln County50.6454K8,9678,967325
2Rio Arriba County23.7167K7,0295,580541
3Union County12.825K1,9841,45138
4Torrance County10.169K6,8514,506534
5Sandoval County3.7227K60,7253,304442
6Grant County3.656K15,3553,261294
7Guadalupe County3.24,9571,548460104
8San Juan County3.1186K60,2946,611726
9Santa Fe County2.8220K78,8709,527648
10Valencia County2.589K35,6862,055426
11Doña Ana County2.3232K101,9309,612646
12Lea County2.198K46,9641,477754
13Catron County2.15,1412,4581,38539
14Hidalgo County1.84,8752,6511,59455
15San Miguel County1.821K11,7862,378147
16Eddy County1.750K28,5392,492749
17De Baca County1.66474054738
18Bernalillo County1.5548K364,40311,861581
19Chaves County1.359K46,33810,802671
20Luna County0.712K16,018967251
21Otero County0.713K18,4521,995353
22Curry County0.723K33,3273,471464
23Roosevelt County0.45,60314,808655166
24Quay County0.31,1824,683155135
25Socorro County0.22,1359,4517861
26McKinley County0.11,35618,73917136
27Sierra County0.11602,9743318

Biggest New Mexico outages of 2022

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, NMJanuary 1, 2022 05:00January 2, 2022 21:451d 16h11,86117K
2Chaves County, NMOctober 24, 2022 21:45October 25, 2022 04:457h10,80210K
3Doña Ana County, NMDecember 18, 2022 20:45December 19, 2022 00:454h9,61226K
4Santa Fe County, NMJune 23, 2022 13:30June 23, 2022 21:308h9,52723K
5Doña Ana County, NMFebruary 16, 2022 19:30February 17, 2022 07:0011h 30m9,34427K
6Doña Ana County, NMJanuary 12, 2022 10:45January 12, 2022 13:453h9,30628K
7Bernalillo County, NMSeptember 9, 2022 12:45September 10, 2022 10:4522h9,07627K
8Lincoln County, NMApril 12, 2022 17:30April 17, 2022 12:004d 18h8,967421K
9Doña Ana County, NMMay 18, 2022 18:45May 19, 2022 08:3013h 45m8,2656,551
10Doña Ana County, NMSeptember 19, 2022 13:00September 20, 2022 00:1511h 15m7,72512K
11Bernalillo County, NMApril 22, 2022 15:15April 25, 2022 05:002d 13h6,63440K
12San Juan County, NMJune 28, 2022 22:00June 28, 2022 23:451h 45m6,6117,743
13Bernalillo County, NMOctober 2, 2022 11:30October 3, 2022 03:4516h 15m6,20217K
14Rio Arriba County, NMNovember 14, 2022 11:30November 14, 2022 20:158h 45m5,58018K
15Doña Ana County, NMAugust 1, 2022 12:15August 1, 2022 14:152h5,1455,141
16Bernalillo County, NMMarch 4, 2022 22:15March 6, 2022 09:451d 11h5,0743,897
17Doña Ana County, NMJuly 28, 2022 14:45July 28, 2022 16:151h 30m4,7875,294
18Bernalillo County, NMApril 17, 2022 20:30April 18, 2022 00:454h 15m4,7829,021
19Doña Ana County, NMMarch 11, 2022 13:45March 11, 2022 15:001h 15m4,5473,524
20Torrance County, NMOctober 24, 2022 14:15October 25, 2022 03:4513h 30m4,50610K
21Doña Ana County, NMDecember 20, 2022 08:30December 20, 2022 08:4515m4,4751,119
22Santa Fe County, NMMarch 21, 2022 15:45March 21, 2022 21:005h 15m4,3617,533
23Doña Ana County, NMFebruary 17, 2022 14:15February 17, 2022 15:151h4,2901,073
24Bernalillo County, NMMarch 22, 2022 12:45March 22, 2022 23:1510h 30m4,2882,610
25Torrance County, NMSeptember 1, 2022 12:00September 1, 2022 23:0011h4,2799,707
EAGLE-I tracked about 82% of New Mexico's electricity customers in 2022; 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:2025202420232021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2022:MEFLWVNCVTAKMIVA

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.

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