When will the power be back in Las Cruces, NM?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Las Cruces is a city of about 116,998 residents in Doña Ana County.
El Paso Electric has reported outages for Las Cruces by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Las Cruces is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Las Cruces:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Las Cruces: the closest other places we track are Sunland Park, about 36 miles to the south; El Paso, TX, about 39 miles to the southeast; Deming, about 56 miles to the west; and Socorro, TX, about 57 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Horizon City, TX (57 mi SE); San Elizario, TX (60 mi SE); Alamogordo (62 mi NE); Artesia (142 mi E); Carlsbad (149 mi E); Roswell (150 mi NE); Los Lunas (172 mi N); and Douglas, AZ (175 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Albuquerque (192 mi); northeast toward Portales (236 mi); east toward Town of Pecos, TX (202 mi); west toward Sierra Vista, AZ (213 mi); and northwest toward Show Low, AZ (231 mi).
Who serves Las Cruces?
We track live outage data from El Paso Electric and Rio Grande Electric Cooperative in Doña Ana County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Las Cruces's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 42 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 30 — 42 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 29 — 112 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 28 — 612 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 28 — 713 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of Doña Ana County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Doña Ana County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Las Cruces, NM?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Las Cruces's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Las Cruces, NM?
To check your own street, search a Las Cruces ZIP code — 88001, 88003, 88004, 88005, 88006, 88007 or any of the other 3 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Las Cruces specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Las Cruces we have the city-level view: El Paso Electric has published outages for Las Cruces under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Las Cruces is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Doña Ana County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Las Cruces.
