State · EIA Form 861 · NM
New Mexico
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, SAIDI and SAIFI for New Mexico utilities come from the federal annual survey. 12 utilities report reliability metrics; figures are customer-weighted state averages, not a guarantee for any single address.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 156 and 365 minute tercile cuts (51 states with averages).
EIA Form 861 · Continuity Brief
New Mexico
EIA Form 861 Continuity Brief · August 2026 · IEEE 1366 SAIDI/SAIFI minutes, not a storm forecast.
New Mexico sits mid-pack on SAIDI at 167.3 minutes across 12 EIA Form 861 utilities, spanning Los Alamos County lowest at 27.2 to Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc highest at 694.0.
Named SAIDI peers (in-state best + nearest-state averages)
State SAIDI neighbourhood (minutes / customer-year)
- New Mexico 167.3
- Connecticut 168.7
- Florida 160.1
- Washington 158.2
- Wyoming 156.2
- Wisconsin 184.2
Lower is fewer interruption minutes. Neighbours are nearest other-state averages in this corpus.
New Mexico vs all states by EIA Form 861 utility headcount
Where this state's reporting utility count sits among every state in the Form 861 file (coverage density, not reliability quality)
12 Top 61% more reporting utilities than 39% of 51 states
States, banded by electric utilities reporting on EIA Form 861
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EIA Form 861 · 2026-08-30
Utilities Ranked by Reliability
All 12 electric utilities in New Mexico with reliability data, sorted by 2023 SAIDI (fewest outage minutes first).
Lowest-SAIDI utilities in New Mexico
Fewest outage minutes · live table sort
Top 10 New Mexico utilities by fewest outage minutes. Lower SAIDI is better - not a quality score beyond interruption duration.
Lowest-SAIDI utilities in New Mexico
| # | Utility | Type | SAIDI 2023 | SAIFI 2023 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Alamos County | Municipal | 27.2 | 0.26 | 9,275 |
| 2 | City of Farmington - (NM) | Municipal | 92.9 | 1.00 | 44,935 |
| 3 | Public Service Co of NM | IOU | 106.0 | 0.84 | 548,019 |
| 4 | El Paso Electric Co | IOU | 106.8 | 1.14 | 349,813 |
| 5 | Lea County Electric Coop, Inc - (NM) | Cooperative | 171.9 | 2.58 | 11,244 |
| 6 | Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (NM) | Cooperative | 213.0 | 1.74 | 13,598 |
| 7 | Continental Divide El Coop Inc | Cooperative | 222.4 | 2.28 | 23,468 |
| 8 | Southwestern Public Service Co | IOU | 256.1 | 1.39 | 279,501 |
| 9 | Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 324.7 | 2.53 | 14,945 |
| 10 | Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 399.7 | 1.28 | 30,420 |
| 11 | Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 668.1 | 3.43 | 31,616 |
| 12 | Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 694.0 | 6.40 | 18,991 |
Nationwide states with similar utility inventory or customer scale
Two cross-state peer sets for New Mexico. Nearest-SAIDI neighbors stay in Read-with below; these neighborhoods compare EIA Form 861 headcount and summed customer accounts.
Similar utility headcount
Nearest states by reporting utility count (12 here).
Similar customer scale
Nearest states by summed customer accounts (1.4M here), excluding the headcount peer set.
Read with this New Mexico roster
- Lowest published SAIDI in New Mexico: Los Alamos County (27.2 min)
- Highest published SAIDI in New Mexico: Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc (694.0 min)
- Ownership mix here: Cooperative leads (7 of 12 utilities) · national type means
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Connecticut (168.7 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Florida (160.1 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Washington (158.2 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Wyoming (156.2 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Wisconsin (184.2 min)
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Form 861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report, reliability · 2020-2023 State averages are rebuilt from utility filings in this portal DB; corpus ranks use headcount and customer sums.