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Sixteen major power outages in a year have left residents of La Cienega and La Cieneguilla scrambling—without power, their well pumps stop, forcing families to stockpile water just to flush toilets. For those relying on CPAP machines or oxygen concentrators, these blackouts are life-threatening, especially during holidays like Father’s Day or the Fourth of July. PNM admits the local grid is among its worst, citing aging infrastructure and a single failing underground cable as culprits. While they’re replacing cables and upgrading poles, residents remain skeptical after repeated failures. Compounding the crisis: groundwater contaminated with “forever chemicals,” leaving people battling both polluted water and unreliable power—feeling abandoned by the system they pay for.

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