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2024 New Mexico Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average New Mexico customer went without power for about 5.2 hours — the 26th worst of any US state that year, 2.0× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
5.2
Peak customers out
28,355
Rank (worst state)
26th
Counties affected
20

New Mexico outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2024 highlighted.

1.6h20152.1h20162.2h20171.8h20182.1h20192.4h20202.6h20212.6h20222.8h20235.2h20243.0h2025

Hardest-hit New Mexico counties in 2024

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Bernalillo County28,3552Santa Fe County28,2983Lincoln County20,9954Valencia County16,4155Doña Ana County13,2276Sandoval County11,8667Curry County10,2048Otero County9,5259San Juan County8,17510Rio Arriba County7,23411Grant County6,21212Chaves County6,14413San Miguel County6,08914Torrance County4,42315Eddy County3,03416Luna County1,89017Hidalgo County1,78418Union County1,58319Catron County1,43120Roosevelt County1,391

Biggest New Mexico outages of 2024

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Bernalillo CountyNovember 6, 202428,355
Santa Fe CountyJuly 11, 202428,298
Lincoln CountyJune 17, 202420,995
Valencia CountyNovember 7, 202416,415
Doña Ana CountyJune 29, 202413,227
Bernalillo CountyOctober 7, 202412,729
Sandoval CountyJune 18, 202411,866
Santa Fe CountyNovember 6, 202410,923
Santa Fe CountyJune 19, 202410,766
Santa Fe CountyJune 12, 202410,348
New Mexico by year:20252023202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2024:NCSCMEGATXFL

Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.