When will the power be back in Artesia, NM?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Artesia is a city of about 12,550 residents in Eddy County.
Central Valley Electric Cooperative has reported outages for Artesia by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Artesia 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 Artesia:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Artesia: the closest other places we track are Hobbs, about 74 miles to the east; Alamogordo, about 89 miles to the west; Clovis, about 131 miles to the northeast; and El Paso, TX, about 136 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Odessa, TX (139 mi SE); San Elizario, TX (139 mi SW); Las Cruces (142 mi W); Sunland Park (145 mi SW); Big Spring, TX (177 mi E); Los Lunas (192 mi NW); Las Vegas (196 mi N); and Deming (198 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Cañon City, CO (389 mi); northeast toward Elk City, OK (335 mi); east toward Sweetwater, TX (235 mi); southeast toward Eagle Pass, TX (370 mi); west toward Marana, AZ (393 mi); and northwest toward Albuquerque (201 mi).
Who serves Artesia?
We track live outage data from Xcel Energy — Southwestern Public Service, Central Valley Electric Cooperative and Rio Grande Electric Cooperative in Eddy County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Lea County Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Eddy County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Artesia's last tracked outage began Sep 26, peaked at 32 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 26 — 32 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 25 — 54 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 24 — 27 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 22 — 385 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Eddy County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Eddy County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Artesia, 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 Artesia's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Artesia, NM?
To check your own street, search an Artesia ZIP code — 88210 or 88211 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Artesia specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Artesia we have the city-level view: Central Valley Electric Cooperative has published outages for Artesia under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Artesia is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Eddy County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Artesia.
