Power Plants Near 87829 — Quemado, NM

4 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 87829 (Quemado, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.2652, -108.7578 · County: Catron

Coal 96%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.7 mi	Borderlands Wind, Llc Quemado, NM	Wind	100 MW	Borderlands Wind, Llc
23.5 mi	Springerville Springerville, AZ	Coal	1,779 MW	Tucson Electric Power Co
32.7 mi	Western Renewable Energy Eagar, AZ	Biomass	3 MW	Western Renewable Energy Llc
36.4 mi	Coronado St Johns, AZ	Coal	822 MW	Salt River Project

Power generation near this area

There are 4 power plants within 50 miles of Quemado, New Mexico (ZIP 87829), with a combined 2,704 MW of nameplate capacity. Coal is the most common fuel type in this area with 2 of the 4 nearby plants. The closest plant is Borderlands Wind, Llc at 10.7 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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