Power Plants Near 87528 — Dulce, NM

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87528 (Dulce, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.8598, -107.0602 · County: Rio Arriba

Solar 84%Hydroelectric 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
25.9 mi	El Vado Dam Tierra Amarilla, NM	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Los Alamos County
30.8 mi	Navajo Dam Farmington, NM	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Farmington - (Nm)
39.4 mi	Jicarilla Solar 1 Llc Dulce, NM	Solar	70 MW	Repsol Renewables Na
44.2 mi	Shallow Basket Dulce, NM	Solar	190 MW	Shallow Basket Energy, Llc
44.6 mi	Williams Ignacio Natural Gas Plant Durango, CO	Other Fossil	6 MW	Harvest Midstream Co
45.8 mi	Vallecito Hydroelectric Bayfield, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Ptarmigan Res & Engy Inc
47.8 mi	Lpea Sunnyside Solar 1 Facility Durango, CO	Solar	2 MW	La Plata Electric Assn, Inc
49.5 mi	Milagro Cogeneration Plant Bloomfield, NM	Natural Gas	—	Harvest Midstream Co

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Dulce, New Mexico (ZIP 87528), with a combined 312 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is El Vado Dam at 25.9 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →