Power Plants Near 88001 — Las Cruces, NM

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88001 (Las Cruces, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.2901, -106.7539 · County: Doña Ana

Natural Gas 87%Solar 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.6 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
2.9 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
9.7 mi	Sune Epe2 Llc Las Cruces, NM	Solar	12 MW	Sune Epe2, Llc
13.3 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
17.7 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc
19.7 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
28.3 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
28.8 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
29.9 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
31.5 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
33.6 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
34.4 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
34.7 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
34.8 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
35.7 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
37.7 mi	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc Hatch, NM	Solar	5 MW	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc
38.8 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
38.9 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
41.3 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
42.1 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
43.0 mi	Copper El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	87 MW	El Paso Electric Co
45.2 mi	Montana Power Station El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	527 MW	El Paso Electric Co
45.5 mi	Montana Solar Facility El Paso, TX	Solar	3 MW	El Paso Electric Co
46.6 mi	Macho Springs Deming, NM	Solar	55 MW	Southern Power Co
47.0 mi	Alta Luna Deming, NM	Solar	28 MW	Tpe Alta Luna, Llc
47.7 mi	Macho Springs Power I Deming, NM	Wind	50 MW	Capital Power Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Las Cruces, New Mexico (ZIP 88001), with a combined 2,817 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Nmsu Solar And Storage at 0.6 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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