2025 New Mexico Power Outage Report
In 2025, the average New Mexico customer went without power for about 3.0 hours, the 40th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.0
vs prior year
▼ 43%
vs 2024
Customer-hours out
3.0M
Peak customers out
36,675
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NM customers
Counties reporting
28
New Mexico year over year
All 28 New Mexico counties, 2025
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 | Rio Arriba County | 25.9 | 182K | 7,029 | 7,029 | 542 |
| 2 | Lincoln County | 18.0 | 161K | 8,967 | 8,373 | 512 |
| 3 | Catron County | 18.0 | 44K | 2,458 | 2,458 | 49 |
| 4 | Torrance County | 12.0 | 82K | 6,851 | 6,851 | 620 |
| 5 | Grant County | 11.6 | 178K | 15,355 | 2,412 | 341 |
| 6 | Otero County | 10.6 | 196K | 18,452 | 6,623 | 79 |
| 7 | Guadalupe County | 6.0 | 9,338 | 1,548 | 453 | 112 |
| 8 | Cibola County | 5.9 | 34K | 5,721 | 1,892 | 367 |
| 9 | Santa Fe County | 4.9 | 387K | 78,870 | 9,779 | 692 |
| 10 | San Miguel County | 4.6 | 54K | 11,786 | 4,216 | 169 |
| 11 | Quay County | 4.3 | 20K | 4,683 | 3,469 | 167 |
| 12 | Doña Ana County | 3.8 | 388K | 101,930 | 11,677 | 1,017 |
| 13 | McKinley County | 3.1 | 58K | 18,739 | 5,030 | 337 |
| 14 | Sandoval County | 2.9 | 176K | 60,725 | 5,981 | 485 |
| 15 | Eddy County | 2.9 | 82K | 28,539 | 1,852 | 99 |
| 16 | Union County | 2.5 | 4,992 | 1,984 | 1,576 | 30 |
| 17 | De Baca County | 2.3 | 945 | 405 | 43 | 26 |
| 18 | San Juan County | 2.2 | 132K | 60,294 | 4,946 | 858 |
| 19 | Hidalgo County | 2.2 | 5,758 | 2,651 | 1,193 | 57 |
| 20 | Valencia County | 1.8 | 66K | 35,686 | 5,309 | 478 |
| 21 | Lea County | 1.8 | 85K | 46,964 | 1,047 | 700 |
| 22 | Bernalillo County | 1.5 | 563K | 364,403 | 26,984 | 688 |
| 23 | Chaves County | 1.0 | 45K | 46,338 | 2,166 | 629 |
| 24 | Roosevelt County | 0.8 | 12K | 14,808 | 1,583 | 219 |
| 25 | Curry County | 0.7 | 23K | 33,327 | 4,750 | 495 |
| 26 | Luna County | 0.7 | 10K | 16,018 | 1,443 | 272 |
| 27 | Socorro County | 0.2 | 1,861 | 9,451 | 88 | 48 |
| 28 | Sierra County | 0.2 | 461 | 2,974 | 76 | 31 |
Biggest New Mexico outages of 2025
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 | March 18, 2025 15:00 | March 20, 2025 09:45 | 1d 18h | 26,984 | 59K |
| 2 | Doña Ana County, NM | February 24, 2025 07:30 | February 24, 2025 09:30 | 2h | 11,677 | 20K |
| 3 | Doña Ana County, NM | March 14, 2025 16:00 | March 14, 2025 16:30 | 30m | 10,371 | 2,595 |
| 4 | Santa Fe County, NM | May 4, 2025 21:15 | May 6, 2025 23:15 | 2d 2h | 9,779 | 68K |
| 5 | Santa Fe County, NM | August 26, 2025 03:15 | August 26, 2025 08:45 | 5h 30m | 9,243 | 8,613 |
| 6 | Bernalillo County, NM | January 9, 2025 03:00 | January 9, 2025 10:45 | 7h 45m | 8,450 | 49K |
| 7 | Lincoln County, NM | March 14, 2025 08:00 | March 14, 2025 23:45 | 15h 45m | 8,373 | 23K |
| 8 | Bernalillo County, NM | March 27, 2025 14:30 | March 28, 2025 02:45 | 12h 15m | 7,831 | 2,455 |
| 9 | Bernalillo County, NM | September 6, 2025 10:30 | September 7, 2025 21:30 | 1d 11h | 7,217 | 14K |
| 10 | Bernalillo County, NM | September 14, 2025 13:00 | September 15, 2025 07:15 | 18h 15m | 7,164 | 5,631 |
| 11 | Rio Arriba County, NM | November 19, 2025 18:45 | November 19, 2025 22:00 | 3h 15m | 7,029 | 4,260 |
| 12 | Torrance County, NM | December 4, 2025 01:30 | December 4, 2025 04:00 | 2h 30m | 6,851 | 5,213 |
| 13 | Doña Ana County, NM | July 27, 2025 16:15 | July 28, 2025 16:30 | 1d | 6,826 | 18K |
| 14 | Santa Fe County, NM | November 19, 2025 18:45 | November 19, 2025 20:45 | 2h | 6,662 | 4,241 |
| 15 | Otero County, NM | June 11, 2025 00:00 | August 7, 2025 23:45 | 57d 23h | 6,623 | 77K |
| 16 | Santa Fe County, NM | May 21, 2025 14:45 | May 21, 2025 21:45 | 7h | 6,488 | 12K |
| 17 | Doña Ana County, NM | July 22, 2025 21:30 | July 23, 2025 19:15 | 21h 45m | 6,148 | 23K |
| 18 | Sandoval County, NM | April 2, 2025 18:45 | April 2, 2025 21:15 | 2h 30m | 5,981 | 4,164 |
| 19 | Otero County, NM | August 8, 2025 11:45 | August 23, 2025 13:45 | 15d 2h | 5,971 | 26K |
| 20 | Santa Fe County, NM | May 28, 2025 14:30 | May 29, 2025 07:45 | 17h 15m | 5,642 | 4,679 |
| 21 | Doña Ana County, NM | July 21, 2025 06:30 | July 22, 2025 04:30 | 22h | 5,631 | 19K |
| 22 | Doña Ana County, NM | May 3, 2025 03:00 | May 3, 2025 07:30 | 4h 30m | 5,463 | 8,612 |
| 23 | Doña Ana County, NM | May 19, 2025 00:30 | May 19, 2025 03:00 | 2h 30m | 5,460 | 8,751 |
| 24 | Santa Fe County, NM | December 4, 2025 00:30 | December 4, 2025 05:30 | 5h | 5,368 | 4,085 |
| 25 | Valencia County, NM | January 4, 2025 22:15 | January 5, 2025 00:15 | 2h | 5,309 | 5,737 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New Mexico's electricity customers in 2025; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2025 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.