Power Plants Near 88047 — Mesilla Park, NM

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88047 (Mesilla Park, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.2100, -106.7147 · County: Doña Ana

Natural Gas 91%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.1 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
5.5 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
10.2 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
12.0 mi	Sune Epe2 Llc Las Cruces, NM	Solar	12 MW	Sune Epe2, Llc
15.7 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
18.9 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc
22.8 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
23.2 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
25.0 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
27.0 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
28.0 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
28.5 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
28.9 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
28.9 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
29.7 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
32.9 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
33.0 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
35.5 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
36.2 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
37.1 mi	Copper El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	87 MW	El Paso Electric Co
39.7 mi	Montana Power Station El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	527 MW	El Paso Electric Co
39.9 mi	Montana Solar Facility El Paso, TX	Solar	3 MW	El Paso Electric Co
43.0 mi	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc Hatch, NM	Solar	5 MW	Hatch Solar Energy Center I, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Mesilla Park, New Mexico (ZIP 88047), with a combined 2,683 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is New Mexico Community Solar Facility at 3.1 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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