When will the power be back in Rio Rancho, NM?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Rio Rancho is a city of about 112,524 residents in Sandoval County.
Public Service Co of NM has reported outages for Rio Rancho by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Rio Rancho 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 Rio Rancho:
Rio Rancho also extends into a neighboring county: 87174. Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Rio Rancho: the closest other places we track are Albuquerque, about 13 miles to the south; Los Lunas, about 33 miles to the south; Santa Fe, about 48 miles to the northeast; and Española, about 61 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Las Vegas (86 mi E); Gallup (116 mi W); Farmington (131 mi NW); Durango, CO (152 mi NW); Alamogordo (171 mi S); and Roswell (181 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Montrose, CO (229 mi); northeast toward Pueblo, CO (236 mi); east toward Portales (205 mi); southeast toward Artesia (213 mi); south toward Las Cruces (205 mi); southwest toward Apache Junction, AZ (306 mi); and west toward Show Low, AZ (202 mi).
Who serves Rio Rancho?
We track live outage data from Public Service Co of NM, Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative and Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative in Sandoval County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Continental Divide Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Sandoval County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Rio Rancho's last tracked outage began Sep 25, peaked at 291 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 25 — 291 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 22 — 917 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 17 — 96 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Sep 17 — 89 customers out, restored in 6 hours
County context: across all of Sandoval County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Sandoval County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Rio Rancho, 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 Rio Rancho's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Rio Rancho, NM?
To check your own street, search a Rio Rancho ZIP code — 87124 or 87144 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Rio Rancho specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Rio Rancho we have the city-level view: Public Service Co of NM has published outages for Rio Rancho under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Rio Rancho is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Sandoval County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Rio Rancho.
