New Mexico averaged 0.39 times the US outage time per person
That ranks 42 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. August and July made up 27% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.
Lincoln County had the most outage time per resident of 20 rated counties.
Counties ranked by outage time
| Rank | County | Major outages per year | Longest (hours) | Times US rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln County | 0.6 | 78 | 1.68 |
| 2 | Rio Arriba County | 3.0 | 80 | 1.38 |
| 3 | Torrance County | 1.6 | 55 | 1.15 |
| 4 | Grant County | 1.6 | 18 | 0.88 |
| 5 | Curry County | 0.8 | 34 | 0.59 |
| 6 | Santa Fe County | 1.2 | 44 | 0.44 |
| 7 | Valencia County | 1.4 | 24 | 0.42 |
| 8 | Eddy County | 0.2 | 10 | 0.41 |
| 9 | Lea County | 1.6 | 51 | 0.39 |
| 10 | Doña Ana County | 1.0 | 26 | 0.37 |
| 10 | San Miguel County | 0.0 | None | 0.37 |
| 12 | San Juan County | 0.8 | 11 | 0.36 |
| 13 | Chaves County | 0.6 | 36 | 0.35 |
| 14 | Sandoval County | 1.3 | 49 | 0.33 |
| 15 | Luna County | 0.0 | None | 0.29 |
| 16 | Bernalillo County | 1.0 | 81 | 0.28 |
| 17 | Otero County | 0.0 | None | 0.20 |
| 18 | Roosevelt County | 0.1 | 13 | 0.08 |
| 19 | Sierra County | 0.0 | None | 0.00 |
| 19 | Socorro County | 0.0 | None | 0.00 |
Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.
When outages hit New Mexico
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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.
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