When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Española, NM?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
No significant county-wide outage reported in Rio Arriba, NM right now.
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Elsewhere in New Mexico: 97 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 10:16 PM MDT.
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⚡ No power in Española, NM? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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What we track for Española

Española is a city of about 10,475 residents in Rio Arriba County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Española by name, so this page reports the Rio Arriba County county-wide view, which covers Española. If a serving utility does name Española during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

Around Española: the closest other places we track are Santa Fe, about 24 miles to the south; Las Vegas, about 55 miles to the southeast; Rio Rancho, about 61 miles to the southwest; and Albuquerque, about 70 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Los Lunas (92 mi SW); Farmington (129 mi NW); Durango, CO (133 mi NW); Gallup (154 mi W); Cañon City, CO (175 mi N); Pueblo, CO (176 mi NE); Clovis (195 mi SE); and Montrose, CO (197 mi NW).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fountain, CO (200 mi); east toward Hereford, TX (222 mi); southeast toward Portales (199 mi); south toward Alamogordo (216 mi); southwest toward Show Low, AZ (254 mi); and northwest toward Grand Junction, CO (253 mi).

Who serves Española?

We track live outage data from Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative in Rio Arriba County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Kit Carson Electric Cooperative and Northern Rio Arriba E Cooperative also serve parts of Rio Arriba County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.

Outage history — Rio Arriba County, NM (covers Española)
Last significant outage: Sep 29, 2026 — peaked at 951 customers, restored in ~19.5 hr (weather alert).
Across the 10 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 7, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of Rio Arriba County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Rio Arriba County

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