Thousands impacted by Wednesday night power outages in Las Cruces

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- Thousands of homes and businesses in Las Cruces were without electricity due to power outages on Wednesday night.

An El Paso Electric spokesman said there were three different areas in Las Cruces impacted by outages, but they were "all off of the same feeder."

The cluster of outages involving 3,564 of the utility's customers was reported around 8:15 p.m.

Crews worked to fix the problem and a cause had not yet been determined.

"Our priority is to get customers lights back on," said EPE spokesman Javier Camacho after the outage was initially reported.

Just before 9 p.m., the number impacted by the outages had dropped to about 2,800. As of 9:20 p.m., it was down to 2,060.

Power was restored to all just before 10 p.m., the utility indicated.