When will the power be back in Lea County, NM?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Lea County, NM right now.

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Elsewhere in New Mexico: 98 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 9:31 PM MDT.

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Who serves Lea County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Xcel Energy — Southwestern Public Service and Central Valley Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Lea County 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 — Lea County, NM

Last significant outage: Sep 15, 2026 — peaked at 1,158 customers, restored in ~22 hr (wind/storm).

Across the 13 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 24, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Lea County, NM

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 403 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~16,490 customers out in July 2023, restored after about 20.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2018.

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.

Cities we track in Lea County

Hobbs · Lovington

Communities in Lea County include Hobbs, Lovington, Eunice, Jal, Tatum, Monument, Nadine and North Hobbs. 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 Lea County, NM?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Lea include Xcel Energy — Southwestern Public Service, Central Valley Electric Cooperative and Lea County Electric Cooperative — 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.

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