Executives said outages could affect the City Different, the East Mountains area and Las Vegas, N.M., into Friday morning.

Due to the extreme weather conditions and increased wildfire risk, PNM is considering a public safety shutoff in areas in New Mexico on Thursday. The areas will include the East Mountains, Santa Fe, and Las Vegas. Bernalillo County is also on standby.

A public safety power shutoff, or a “PSPS”, is something new as power companies more fully recognize how power lines can cause potentially devastating wildfires, as in the case of the McBride Fire in Ruidoso.

Xcel Energy says: "A Public Safety Power Shutoff is likely to occur for a small number of our eastern New Mexico customers starting Monday."

With high winds and dry air increasing the risk of power-line-sparked wildfires throughout New Mexico, the state’s largest electric company, the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), is following California’s lead and preparing for power shutoffs as winds pick up on Thursday.

A Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) that was anticipated for today will not be required in the South Plains region to reduce wildfire risk.

PNM is planning to implement a public safety power shutoff Thursday in the East Mountains that will affect 10,500 customers, starting at noon.

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