Power Plants Near 88044 — La Mesa, NM

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88044 (La Mesa, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.1383, -106.7999 · County: Doña Ana

Natural Gas 89%Solar 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
8.7 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
10.3 mi	Sune Epe2 Llc Las Cruces, NM	Solar	12 MW	Sune Epe2, Llc
10.7 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
20.5 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
23.7 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
24.1 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
24.4 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
25.0 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
25.4 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
25.6 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
25.9 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc
27.4 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
27.8 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
30.5 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
30.9 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
32.9 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
35.2 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
35.4 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
36.3 mi	Copper El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	87 MW	El Paso Electric Co
40.7 mi	Montana Power Station El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	527 MW	El Paso Electric Co
40.8 mi	Montana Solar Facility El Paso, TX	Solar	3 MW	El Paso Electric Co
43.3 mi	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc Hatch, NM	Solar	5 MW	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc
49.7 mi	Macho Springs Deming, NM	Solar	55 MW	Southern Power Co
49.8 mi	Columbus Solar Project Columbus, NM	Solar	2 MW	Exus New Mexico

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of La Mesa, New Mexico (ZIP 88044), with a combined 2,740 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Afton Generating Station at 3.2 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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