When will the power be back in Hidalgo County, NM?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · New Mexico
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customer reported out in Hidalgo 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 ~9 hr, based on 4 past outages of any size.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 9:35 PM MDT.
11 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 13.6 days · tap or hover a point to see its number
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Who serves Hidalgo County?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Public Service Co of NM and Columbus Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Duncan Valley Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Hidalgo County, NM
Last significant outage: Sep 13, 2026 — peaked at 360 customers, restored in ~6.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 4 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 9.4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 30, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Hidalgo County, NM
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
28 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025.
Typical restoration ran ~2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.
That is shorter than the New Mexico norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~1,784 customers out in April 2024, restored after about 3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2019.
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 covered
Communities in Hidalgo County include Lordsburg, Virden, Animas, Cotton City, Glen Acres, North Hidalgo, Playas and Rodeo. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
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