Power Plants Near 88012 — Las Cruces, NM

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88012 (Las Cruces, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.5835, -106.7714 · County: Doña Ana

Natural Gas 78%Solar 17%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.6 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
21.5 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc
23.1 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
24.4 mi	Sune Epe2 Llc Las Cruces, NM	Solar	12 MW	Sune Epe2, Llc
28.6 mi	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc Hatch, NM	Solar	5 MW	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc
32.7 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
34.4 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
41.3 mi	Macho Springs Deming, NM	Solar	55 MW	Southern Power Co
41.6 mi	Alta Luna Deming, NM	Solar	28 MW	Tpe Alta Luna, Llc
43.0 mi	Macho Springs Power I Deming, NM	Wind	50 MW	Capital Power Corporation
45.5 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
45.6 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
46.0 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
46.3 mi	Elephant Butte Truth Or Consequences, NM	Hydroelectric	28 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
46.4 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
46.8 mi	Holloman Solar Facility Holloman Air Force Ba, NM	Solar	5 MW	El Paso Electric Co
47.7 mi	City Of Truth Or Consequences Pv Truth Or Consequences, NM	Solar	2 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
48.1 mi	Wal-Mart Truth Or Consequences Pv Truth Or Consequences, NM	Solar	1 MW	Ssa Solar Of Nm 3, Llc
48.9 mi	Alamogordo Solar Energy Center Alamogordo, NM	Solar	5 MW	Pnm Resources

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Las Cruces, New Mexico (ZIP 88012), with a combined 1,791 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Nmsu Solar And Storage at 20.6 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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