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PNM updates commissioners on recent outages tied to weather-driven infrastructure failures
Summary
PNM officials told the commission October–July outages were driven by storms that softened wood crossarms and led to multi-span infrastructure failures; the utility described staffing constraints, shared contact information and urged commissioners to reach out during future outages.
Representatives from PNM briefed the Alamogordo City Commission about a series of recent outages that the utility attributed to aggressive winds and rains that weakened wooden crossarms and caused multiple-span failures. Kevin Cardoza, PNM local government and community manager for southern New Mexico, and fuel operations supervisor Isaac Muncy described several outages that affected…
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