Power Plants Near 79849 — San Elizario, TX

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 79849 (San Elizario, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 31.5508, -106.2507 · County: El Paso

Natural Gas 91%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.8 mi	Chihuahuan Desert Solar San Elizario, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
12.6 mi	Felina Fabens, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
16.0 mi	Copper El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	87 MW	El Paso Electric Co
16.9 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
18.2 mi	Montana Solar Facility El Paso, TX	Solar	3 MW	El Paso Electric Co
18.5 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
19.0 mi	Montana Power Station El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	527 MW	El Paso Electric Co
19.1 mi	Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch Horizon City, TX	Wind	—	El Paso Electric Co
20.6 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
21.1 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
24.7 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
27.0 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
28.6 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
30.0 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
31.3 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
31.7 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
31.7 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
33.8 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
35.7 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
44.0 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of San Elizario, Texas (ZIP 79849), with a combined 2,371 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Chihuahuan Desert Solar at 0.8 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Texas, visit the Texas state page.

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