Texas-New Mexico Power Co, TX
Texas-New Mexico Power Co's outage record
Power from Texas-New Mexico Power Co went out 1.5 times last year across its Texas territory, 2.8 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 26% less outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Texas-New Mexico Power Co looks like
At an average of 1.8 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Texas-New Mexico Power Co customers need a generator
Serving 274,282 customers here, Outages at Texas-New Mexico Power Co run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
Where this number comes from
Texas-New Mexico Power Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Texas territory, serving 274,282 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Texas as a whole, across every utility that filed: Texas's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.