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customers reported out in Chaves County, NM
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~4 hr, based on 5 past outages of any size in the same kind of weather.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 6:05 AM MDT.
22county-wide trend of customers without power · last 9.9 days · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
⚡ No power in Chaves, NM? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Xcel Energy — Southwestern Public Service, Central Valley Electric Cooperative, Otero County Electric Cooperative and Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Lea County Electric Cooperative and Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Chaves County, NM
Last significant outage: Sep 29, 2026 — peaked at 457 customers, restored in ~10.5 hr (wind/storm).
Across the 9 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 6 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Chaves County, NM
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
295 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the New Mexico norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~13,467 customers out in February 2021, restored after about 9.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities in Chaves County include Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman, Lake Arthur, Midway, Northeast Chaves, Northwest Chaves and Southeast Chaves. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Chaves County, NM?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Chaves include Xcel Energy — Southwestern Public Service, Central Valley Electric Cooperative, Otero County Electric Cooperative and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
