Power Plants Near 81326 — Hesperus, CO

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81326 (Hesperus, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1654, -108.1219 · County: La Plata

Coal 79%Solar 15%Natural Gas 3%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.7 mi	Lpea Sunnyside Solar 1 Facility Durango, CO	Solar	2 MW	La Plata Electric Assn, Inc
18.6 mi	Williams Ignacio Natural Gas Plant Durango, CO	Other Fossil	6 MW	Harvest Midstream Co
25.7 mi	San Juan Solar I Kirtland, NM	Solar	300 MW	San Juan Solar I, Llc
26.0 mi	Cortez Solar 1, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
26.9 mi	Cortez Solar 3, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
30.3 mi	Rockmont Solar And Storage Project Kirtland, NM	Solar	—	201lc 8me Llc
30.7 mi	Animas Farmington, NM	Natural Gas	—	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
30.7 mi	San Juan Waterflow, NM	Coal	—	Public Service Co Of Nm
30.8 mi	Cortez Solar 2, Llc Cortez, CO	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
30.8 mi	Pinon Energy Center Waterflow, NM	Natural Gas	—	Public Service Co Of Nm
30.9 mi	Towaoc Cortez, CO	Hydroelectric	11 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
31.0 mi	Tacoma Durango, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
31.2 mi	Milagro Cogeneration Plant Bloomfield, NM	Natural Gas	—	Harvest Midstream Co
31.3 mi	Blanco Compressor Station Bloomfield, NM	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
31.4 mi	Bluffview Farmington, NM	Natural Gas	67 MW	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
33.3 mi	Vallecito Hydroelectric Bayfield, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Ptarmigan Res & Engy Inc
37.5 mi	Navajo Dam Farmington, NM	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
37.7 mi	Mcphee Cortez, CO	Hydroelectric	1 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
37.8 mi	Coyote Gulch Solar Lewis, CO	Solar	—	Canyonland Solar Llc
37.9 mi	Ntec Gas Plant Waterflow, NM	Natural Gas	—	Navajo Transitional Energy Company
38.2 mi	Canyonland Solar Cortez, CO	Solar	—	Canyonland Solar Llc
38.4 mi	Four Corners Fruitland, NM	Coal	1,636 MW	Arizona Public Service Co
48.4 mi	Sun Bear Towaoec, CO	Battery Storage	—	Ms1

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Hesperus, Colorado (ZIP 81326), with a combined 2,073 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lpea Sunnyside Solar 1 Facility at 14.7 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 Colorado, visit the Colorado state page.

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