Power Plants Near 79912 — El Paso, TX

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 79912 (El Paso, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 31.8383, -106.5364 · County: El Paso

Natural Gas 91%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.4 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
3.8 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
5.2 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
6.9 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
8.6 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
9.6 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
9.8 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
9.9 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
11.0 mi	Copper El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	87 MW	El Paso Electric Co
11.6 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
11.8 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
11.8 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
17.7 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
18.7 mi	Montana Solar Facility El Paso, TX	Solar	3 MW	El Paso Electric Co
19.1 mi	Montana Power Station El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	527 MW	El Paso Electric Co
21.6 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
23.1 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
25.2 mi	Chihuahuan Desert Solar San Elizario, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
26.3 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
30.8 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
33.1 mi	Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch Horizon City, TX	Wind	—	El Paso Electric Co
33.3 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
35.7 mi	Felina Fabens, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
36.1 mi	Sune Epe2 Llc Las Cruces, NM	Solar	12 MW	Sune Epe2, Llc
38.7 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of El Paso, Texas (ZIP 79912), 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 Rio Grande at 2.4 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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