Power Plants Near 87018 — Counselor, NM

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87018 (Counselor, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.2092, -107.4578 · County: Sandoval

Solar 62%Other Fossil 30%Hydroelectric 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.7 mi	Shallow Basket Dulce, NM	Solar	190 MW	Shallow Basket Energy, Llc
12.5 mi	Jicarilla Solar 1 Llc Dulce, NM	Solar	70 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
16.7 mi	Jicarilla Solar 2 Dulce, NM	Solar	50 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
17.5 mi	Arroyo Solar Energy Storage Hybrid Pueblo Pintado, NM	Other Fossil	150 MW	Arroyo Solar Llc
31.5 mi	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc Cuba, NM	Solar	3 MW	Cuba 2.5ac, Llc
42.1 mi	Navajo Dam Farmington, NM	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
45.3 mi	Milagro Cogeneration Plant Bloomfield, NM	Natural Gas	—	Harvest Midstream Co
45.7 mi	Blanco Compressor Station Bloomfield, NM	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
48.3 mi	El Vado Dam Tierra Amarilla, NM	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Los Alamos County

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Counselor, New Mexico (ZIP 87018), with a combined 501 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shallow Basket at 8.7 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 New Mexico, visit the New Mexico state page.

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