When will the power be back in Hobbs, NM?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Hobbs is a city of about 41,061 residents in Lea County.
Xcel Energy — Southwestern Public Service has reported outages for Hobbs by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Hobbs 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 Hobbs:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Hobbs: the closest other places we track are Lovington, about 16 miles to the northwest; Andrews, TX, about 45 miles to the southeast; Carlsbad, about 67 miles to the west; and Artesia, about 74 miles to the west. Also nearby: Levelland, TX (75 mi NE); Odessa, TX (75 mi SE); Midland, TX (78 mi SE); Roswell (91 mi NW); Lubbock, TX (93 mi NE); Town of Pecos, TX (95 mi S); Portales (101 mi N); and Big Spring, TX (104 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Clovis (118 mi); northeast toward Plainview, TX (131 mi); east toward Snyder, TX (131 mi); southeast toward San Angelo, TX (182 mi); southwest toward San Elizario, TX (198 mi); west toward Alamogordo (163 mi); and northwest toward Las Vegas (231 mi).
Who serves Hobbs?
We track live outage data from Xcel Energy — Southwestern Public Service and Central Valley Electric Cooperative in Lea 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 Lea County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Hobbs's last tracked outage began Sep 26, peaked at 139 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 26 — 139 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 25 — 68 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 24 — 141 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 21 — 174 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of Lea County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Lea County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Hobbs, 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 Hobbs'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 Hobbs, NM?
To check your own street, search a Hobbs ZIP code — 88240, 88241, 88242 or 88244 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Hobbs specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Hobbs we have the city-level view: Xcel Energy — Southwestern Public Service has published outages for Hobbs under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Hobbs is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Lea County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Hobbs.
