Power outages in Lea County, NM
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Lea County yet. Southwestern Public Service Co, Lea County Electric Coop, Inc - (NM) and Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc serve this county.
Right now
No live outage data for Lea County yet.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Lea County
2014–2025 recordLea County averaged 14.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for New Mexico counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 13. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 8 hours, starting November 27, 2025.
The largest on record began July 3, 2023, with 16,490 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in August.
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| July 3, 2023 | 16,490 | 3.5 hours | 23,197 |
| August 8, 2023 | 10,382 | 21 hours | 32,586 |
| February 16, 2021 | 6,217 | 9 hours | 29,970 |
| September 30, 2023 | 6,092 | 9.5 hours | 24,791 |
| October 6, 2018 | 4,795 | 6.5 hours | 10,976 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
Utilities
- Southwestern Public Service Co no live feed
- Lea County Electric Coop, Inc - (NM) no live feed
- Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc no live feed
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