2023 New Mexico Power Outage Report
In 2023, the average New Mexico customer went without power for about 2.8 hours, the 34th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.8
vs prior year
▲ 8%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
2.8M
Peak customers out
56,008
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NM customers
Counties reporting
27
New Mexico year over year
All 27 New Mexico counties, 2023
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torrance County | 20.6 | 141K | 6,851 | 6,851 | 590 |
| 2 | Rio Arriba County | 20.1 | 141K | 7,029 | 5,609 | 540 |
| 3 | Quay County | 15.6 | 73K | 4,683 | 4,683 | 128 |
| 4 | Union County | 13.4 | 27K | 1,984 | 1,540 | 24 |
| 5 | Guadalupe County | 9.1 | 14K | 1,548 | 462 | 135 |
| 6 | Lea County | 5.6 | 263K | 46,964 | 16,490 | 746 |
| 7 | Catron County | 5.5 | 14K | 2,458 | 1,430 | 31 |
| 8 | Curry County | 4.3 | 142K | 33,327 | 10,699 | 489 |
| 9 | San Miguel County | 4.2 | 50K | 11,786 | 4,120 | 239 |
| 10 | Lincoln County | 3.7 | 33K | 8,967 | 1,848 | 361 |
| 11 | Sandoval County | 3.5 | 211K | 60,725 | 3,813 | 530 |
| 12 | Valencia County | 3.5 | 124K | 35,686 | 9,557 | 513 |
| 13 | Santa Fe County | 3.5 | 272K | 78,870 | 8,311 | 684 |
| 14 | Eddy County | 3.3 | 94K | 28,539 | 4,680 | 793 |
| 15 | Grant County | 3.1 | 47K | 15,355 | 4,005 | 333 |
| 16 | Otero County | 2.8 | 52K | 18,452 | 2,849 | 415 |
| 17 | Doña Ana County | 2.3 | 235K | 101,930 | 10,341 | 655 |
| 18 | San Juan County | 2.2 | 135K | 60,294 | 9,341 | 771 |
| 19 | Chaves County | 1.9 | 89K | 46,338 | 4,370 | 614 |
| 20 | De Baca County | 1.9 | 757 | 405 | 47 | 43 |
| 21 | Luna County | 1.6 | 26K | 16,018 | 3,300 | 265 |
| 22 | Bernalillo County | 1.6 | 591K | 364,403 | 33,049 | 638 |
| 23 | Hidalgo County | 0.9 | 2,404 | 2,651 | 497 | 39 |
| 24 | Roosevelt County | 0.6 | 9,066 | 14,808 | 2,020 | 170 |
| 25 | Socorro County | 0.2 | 2,135 | 9,451 | 445 | 56 |
| 26 | Sierra County | 0.0 | 105 | 2,974 | 20 | 13 |
| 27 | McKinley County | 0.0 | 270 | 18,739 | 21 | 23 |
Biggest New Mexico outages of 2023
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernalillo County, NM | February 26, 2023 17:00 | February 28, 2023 07:15 | 1d 14h | 33,049 | 85K |
| 2 | Lea County, NM | July 1, 2023 14:45 | July 5, 2023 04:30 | 3d 13h | 16,490 | 28K |
| 3 | Lea County, NM | August 7, 2023 11:30 | August 9, 2023 08:30 | 1d 21h | 15,710 | 52K |
| 4 | Curry County, NM | February 26, 2023 19:30 | February 28, 2023 04:00 | 1d 8h | 10,699 | 77K |
| 5 | Bernalillo County, NM | February 22, 2023 14:45 | February 24, 2023 09:15 | 1d 18h | 10,435 | 63K |
| 6 | Doña Ana County, NM | February 26, 2023 18:00 | February 28, 2023 07:15 | 1d 13h | 10,341 | 49K |
| 7 | Valencia County, NM | February 26, 2023 19:15 | March 1, 2023 03:00 | 2d 7h | 9,557 | 43K |
| 8 | San Juan County, NM | July 21, 2023 02:00 | July 21, 2023 06:00 | 4h | 9,341 | 11K |
| 9 | Bernalillo County, NM | August 6, 2023 23:15 | August 11, 2023 13:45 | 4d 14h | 8,350 | 28K |
| 10 | Valencia County, NM | April 2, 2023 15:45 | April 3, 2023 01:45 | 10h | 8,332 | 22K |
| 11 | Santa Fe County, NM | January 4, 2023 16:15 | January 4, 2023 21:00 | 4h 45m | 8,311 | 21K |
| 12 | Torrance County, NM | December 14, 2023 04:00 | December 16, 2023 02:30 | 1d 22h | 6,851 | 7,288 |
| 13 | Bernalillo County, NM | April 27, 2023 14:45 | April 27, 2023 23:30 | 8h 45m | 6,612 | 4,439 |
| 14 | Curry County, NM | May 25, 2023 02:00 | May 26, 2023 08:00 | 1d 6h | 6,538 | 41K |
| 15 | Lea County, NM | September 30, 2023 02:15 | October 2, 2023 11:30 | 2d 9h | 6,092 | 32K |
| 16 | Rio Arriba County, NM | March 2, 2023 12:15 | March 2, 2023 20:15 | 8h | 5,609 | 15K |
| 17 | Doña Ana County, NM | April 27, 2023 16:15 | April 27, 2023 16:30 | 15m | 5,496 | 1,374 |
| 18 | Valencia County, NM | June 7, 2023 00:45 | June 7, 2023 01:45 | 1h | 5,368 | 1,395 |
| 19 | Curry County, NM | February 22, 2023 20:45 | February 23, 2023 01:30 | 4h 45m | 5,299 | 6,471 |
| 20 | Santa Fe County, NM | January 4, 2023 22:00 | January 5, 2023 09:00 | 11h | 5,080 | 22K |
| 21 | Santa Fe County, NM | December 14, 2023 17:00 | December 15, 2023 02:30 | 9h 30m | 5,034 | 5,477 |
| 22 | San Juan County, NM | June 8, 2023 10:15 | June 8, 2023 14:00 | 3h 45m | 4,942 | 7,112 |
| 23 | Rio Arriba County, NM | June 23, 2023 14:30 | June 23, 2023 21:00 | 6h 30m | 4,925 | 8,922 |
| 24 | Rio Arriba County, NM | September 30, 2023 23:00 | October 1, 2023 00:00 | 1h | 4,909 | 3,974 |
| 25 | Bernalillo County, NM | March 30, 2023 15:00 | March 31, 2023 20:15 | 1d 5h | 4,907 | 8,342 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New Mexico's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.