Power Plants Near 88242 — Hobbs, NM

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88242 (Hobbs, New Mexico). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.8105, -103.1587 · County: Lea

Natural Gas 67%Solar 19%Wind 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.6 mi	Ac Ranch I Hobbs, NM	Solar	—	Lydian Energy
8.6 mi	Ac Ranch Ii Hobbs, NM	Solar	—	Lydian Energy
10.4 mi	Hobbs Generating Station Hobbs, NM	Natural Gas	682 MW	Lea Power Partners Llc
10.6 mi	Maddox Hobbs, NM	Natural Gas	212 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
12.2 mi	Sps4 Monument Monument, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Sps4, Llc
12.3 mi	Wildcat Wind Lovington, NM	Wind	27 MW	Wildcat Wind, Llc
13.2 mi	Cunningham Hobbs, NM	Natural Gas	519 MW	Southwestern Public Service Co
13.9 mi	Gaines County Seminole, TX	Natural Gas	—	Southwestern Public Service Co
15.0 mi	Lcec Generation Llvc Lovington, NM	Natural Gas	47 MW	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc
16.9 mi	Middle Daisy Lovington, NM	Solar	5 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
17.2 mi	Pasilla Solar And Battery Storage Lovington, NM	Battery Storage	—	452hl 8me, Llc
25.4 mi	Sps3 Lea Eunice, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Sps3, Llc
26.6 mi	Mustang Station Unit 4 Denver City, TX	Natural Gas	472 MW	Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc
26.7 mi	Mustang Station Denver City, TX	Natural Gas	521 MW	Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc
27.1 mi	Wasson Co2 Removal Plant Denver City, TX	Natural Gas	23 MW	Occidental Permian Ltd
29.9 mi	1000 Mile Solar Plains, TX	Solar	—	1000 Mile Solar, Llc
30.6 mi	Oso Grande Wind Farm Maljamar, NM	Wind	250 MW	Tucson Electric Power Co
31.8 mi	Jumbo Hill Wind Project Andrews, TX	Wind	161 MW	Engie North America
33.9 mi	Alira Andrews, TX	Solar	—	Luminant Generation Company Llc
36.8 mi	Frankel Andrews, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
37.2 mi	Lapetus Andrews, TX	Solar	100 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
38.3 mi	Sterling I Wind Farm Tatum, NM	Wind	30 MW	Aem Wind Llc
40.6 mi	Prospero Solar Andrews, TX	Solar	300 MW	Prospero Energy Project, Llc (Longroad)
41.2 mi	Prospero Solar Ii Andrews, TX	Solar	250 MW	Prospero Solar Ii, Llc (Longroad)
43.2 mi	Anderson Wind I Hagerman, NM	Wind	5 MW	Chopin Wind, Llc
43.3 mi	Anderson Wind Ii Hagerman, NM	Wind	10 MW	Chopin Wind, Llc
43.3 mi	Sps2 Jal Jal, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Sps2, Llc
47.2 mi	Sps1 Dollarhide Jal, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Sps1, Llc
47.2 mi	Tumbleweed Andrews, TX	Oil	9 MW	Power Depot Group A, Llc
47.8 mi	Tip Top Solar Energy Center Llc Jal, NM	Solar	—	Invenergy Services Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Hobbs, New Mexico (ZIP 88242), with a combined 3,672 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ac Ranch I at 8.6 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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