When will the power be back in Las Cruces, NM?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 29, 10,280 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.6 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.6 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Las Cruces, New Mexico — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Las Cruces is a city in Doña Ana County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Las Cruces directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Las Cruces is a city of about 116,998 residents in Doña Ana County.
El Paso Electric has reported outages for Las Cruces by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Las Cruces 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 Las Cruces: 88001 · 88003 · 88004 · 88005 · 88006 · 88007 · 88011 · 88012 · 88013 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Las Cruces: the closest other places we track are Sunland Park, about 36 miles to the south; El Paso, TX, about 39 miles to the southeast; Deming, about 56 miles to the west; Socorro, TX, about 57 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Horizon City, TX (57 mi SE), San Elizario, TX (60 mi SE), Alamogordo (62 mi NE), Artesia (142 mi E), Carlsbad (149 mi E), Roswell (150 mi NE), Los Lunas (172 mi N), Albuquerque (192 mi N). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Rio Rancho (205 mi); northeast toward Clovis (254 mi); east toward Town of Pecos, TX (202 mi); southeast toward Del Rio, TX (406 mi); west toward Tucson, AZ (239 mi); northwest toward Show Low, AZ (231 mi).
Who serves Las Cruces?
We track live outage data from El Paso Electric, Otero County Electric Coop in Doña Ana County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Las Cruces's last tracked outage began Aug 28, peaked at 39 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Aug 28 — 39 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 27 — 41 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 21 — 920 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 21 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Las Cruces, NM?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Las Cruces area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Las Cruces's own record: across the 4 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 Las Cruces, NM?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Las Cruces area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Las Cruces ZIP code — 88001, 88003, 88004, 88005, 88006, 88007, or any of the other 3 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Las Cruces, NM?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Doña Ana County include El Paso Electric, Otero County Electric Coop; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Las Cruces specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Las Cruces we have the city-level view: El Paso Electric has published outages for Las Cruces under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Las Cruces is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Doña Ana County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Las Cruces.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
