Power Plants Near 79905 — El Paso, TX

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 79905 (El Paso, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 31.7674, -106.4304 · County: El Paso

Natural Gas 91%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
3.3 mi	Copper El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	87 MW	El Paso Electric Co
4.2 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
5.5 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
6.1 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
7.3 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
10.0 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
12.6 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
12.8 mi	Montana Solar Facility El Paso, TX	Solar	3 MW	El Paso Electric Co
13.4 mi	Montana Power Station El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	527 MW	El Paso Electric Co
14.4 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
14.6 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
14.9 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
16.0 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
17.5 mi	Chihuahuan Desert Solar San Elizario, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
19.2 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
22.4 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
26.1 mi	Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch Horizon City, TX	Wind	—	El Paso Electric Co
27.5 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
27.8 mi	Felina Fabens, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
34.2 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
37.9 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
40.3 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
43.5 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc
43.8 mi	Sune Epe2 Llc Las Cruces, NM	Solar	12 MW	Sune Epe2, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of El Paso, Texas (ZIP 79905), with a combined 2,678 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Phelps Dodge Refining at 2.3 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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