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ZIP 88244Lea County
Outage history in Lea County, which includes 88244
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.
14.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.1.8 dayslongest on record (October 2023)
16,490most customers out at once
| 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.
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