Power Out Map
– 0% of Catron out 0 customers out in New Mexico

Power outage history

Catron County New Mexico

5.0hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

25% below the national median

Worst outage on record Nov 21, 2019 58% of customers out · 90% back in 45 hours
Hours without power, average customer per year 5.0h / yr State average 2.8 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 29.0 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 2hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 2.7days Nov 20, 2019, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 10% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2024 5.0 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 2,458 ORNL customer model · 1 well-covered years

Every day since 2015

Eleven years, one night at a time

Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Catron's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
0%100% of customers out

Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

2024 was the worst well-recorded year, at 5.0 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Catron, hours without power per customer

CatronUS median countyNew Mexico average
0 10 20 30 40 ’15 ’16 ’18 ’19 ’20 ’21 ’22 ’23 5.0 ’24 ’25 US 6.6 NM 2.8

The record

The biggest outages since 2015

Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.

Began Storm Peak out Share Lasted 90% restored Customer-hours
Nov 20, 2019 No storm report 1,421 58% 2.7 d 45 h 66k
May 13, 2025 No storm report 2,458 100% 12 h 12 h 28k
Jun 21, 2018 No storm report 437 18% 2.3 d 2.7 d 24k
Dec 22, 2023 No storm report 1,430 58% 14 h 5.5 h 8.7k
Dec 28, 2018 No storm report 1,235 50% 5.2 h 5.2 h 6.5k
Apr 1, 2025 Windstorm 2,458 100% 2.8 h 2.5 h 5.6k
Oct 6, 2018 No storm report 1,439 59% 3.8 h 7.8 h 5.4k
Mar 16, 2024 Winter storm 1,431 58% 2.5 h 2.0 h 3.2k
Apr 17, 2025 Windstorm 2,424 99% 1.2 h 1.0 h 2.7k
Jul 3, 2025 Wildfire 1,116 45% 3.2 h 1.2 h 2.6k
Jan 1, 2022 Winter storm 448 18% 5.2 h 48 min 2.3k
Oct 18, 2024 No storm report 674 27% 5.5 h 2.0 h 2.3k

After the peak

How fast the lights come back

Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +4h 90% by +4h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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What was happening

Weather behind the outages

Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Catron from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • No storm on record 90%
  • Windstorm 5.3%
  • Winter storm 3.4%
  • Wildfire 1.5%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Catron

As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole New Mexico territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.

Utility Type Outage min / yr Excl. major storms Outages / yr Residential ¢/kWh Customers
Public Service Co of NM Investor Owned 125 117 0.94 16.4 497k
Socorro Electric Coop, Inc NM – – – 15.9 68k
Sierra Electric Coop, Inc NM 167 52 – 19.3 22k
Navopache Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative – – – 15.1 1.5k

EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.

Next door

Neighbouring counties

Across New Mexico

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

All New Mexico counties →

About these numbers

Notes

Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 2,458 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →