Power Plants Near 88520 — El Paso, TX

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 88520 (El Paso, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 31.6948, -106.3000 · County: El Paso

Natural Gas 91%Solar 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.2 mi	Copper El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	87 MW	El Paso Electric Co
7.2 mi	Phelps Dodge Refining El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	20 MW	Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
8.1 mi	Tjx 2021 Dg El Paso Dc El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
9.5 mi	Montana Solar Facility El Paso, TX	Solar	3 MW	El Paso Electric Co
9.6 mi	Chihuahuan Desert Solar San Elizario, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
10.3 mi	Fort Bliss (Dea Epic) El Paso, TX	Solar	2 MW	Ameresco Federal Solutions
10.3 mi	Montana Power Station El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	527 MW	El Paso Electric Co
12.9 mi	Tenet Hospital El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	4 MW	Tenet Hospital Ltd
16.4 mi	Rio Grande Sunland Park, NM	Natural Gas	398 MW	El Paso Electric Co
18.2 mi	Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch Horizon City, TX	Wind	—	El Paso Electric Co
18.6 mi	Felina Fabens, TX	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
19.0 mi	Nodal Power Sunland Park, NM	Biomass	3 MW	Energyneering Solutions, Inc
21.0 mi	Newman Solar El Paso, TX	Solar	11 MW	Newman Solar Llc
21.3 mi	Milagro Solar I Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	—	Milagro Solar I, Llc
21.4 mi	Newman El Paso, TX	Natural Gas	1,110 MW	El Paso Electric Co
23.0 mi	Roadrunner Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Solar	20 MW	Nrg Solar Roadrunner
23.6 mi	Sune Epe1 Llc Chaparral, NM	Solar	10 MW	Sune Epe1 Llc
24.7 mi	Santa Teresa Solar Santa Teresa, NM	Battery Storage	—	Santa Teresa Solar
25.7 mi	Buena Vista Energy Center Chaparral, NM	Solar	170 MW	Buena Vista Energy Center, Llc
33.7 mi	New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM	Natural Gas	5 MW	New Mexico State University
43.2 mi	Afton Generating Station La Mesa, NM	Natural Gas	287 MW	Public Service Co Of Nm
46.2 mi	New Mexico Community Solar Facility Las Cruces, NM	Solar	—	El Paso Electric Co
48.5 mi	Nmsu Solar And Storage Las Cruces, NM	Solar	4 MW	El Paso Electric Co
49.5 mi	Wsmr I White Sands Missile, NM	Solar	4 MW	Siemens Government Technologies Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of El Paso, Texas (ZIP 88520), with a combined 2,666 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Copper at 6.2 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 Texas, visit the Texas state page.

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