Power Plants Near 88032 — Dona Ana, NM

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88032 (Dona Ana, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.3895, -106.8139 · County: Doña Ana

Natural Gas 83%Solar 15%Wind 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.2 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
10.6 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
11.2 mi	Sune Epe2 Llc Las Cruces, NM	Solar	12 MW	Sune Epe2, Llc
19.1 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
19.6 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc
26.3 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
30.8 mi	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc Hatch, NM	Solar	5 MW	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc
35.9 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
36.3 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
37.0 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
38.1 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
40.8 mi	Macho Springs Deming, NM	Solar	55 MW	Southern Power Co
40.9 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
41.2 mi	Alta Luna Deming, NM	Solar	28 MW	Tpe Alta Luna, Llc
42.0 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
42.0 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
42.1 mi	Macho Springs Power I Deming, NM	Wind	50 MW	Capital Power Corporation
42.2 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
43.3 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
46.5 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
46.6 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
48.9 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
49.8 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Dona Ana, New Mexico (ZIP 88032), with a combined 2,200 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Nmsu Solar And Storage at 8.2 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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