This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of New Mexico, sorted by type and name. In 2024, New Mexico had a total summer capacity of 11.9 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 39,697 GWh. The electrical energy generation mix in 2025 was 36.2% wind, 26.8% natural gas, 20.8% coal, and 15.5% solar. Biomass, geothermal, and hydroelectric generated less than a 1% share combined.

Small-scale solar including customer-owned photovoltaic panels delivered an additional net 841 GWh to New Mexico's electricity grid in 2025. This was less than one-seventh of the amount generated by the state's utility-scale photovoltaic plants.

New Mexico hosts the nation's only long-term underground repository for waste from nuclear weapons research and production, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad. Extraction of the state's nearby Permian Basin oil reserves for transportation and other uses rose to the nation's third highest, contributing 6% of total U.S. production in 2018. New Mexico's oil extraction included the flaring of over 35 billion cubic feet of associated petroleum gas in each of the years 2018 and 2019. This amount of wasted natural gas could have generated about 5,000 GWh of electrical energy, an amount equal to 14% of the state's total annual generation.

Fossil-fuel power stations Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Coal Name Image Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Yearopened Scheduled retirement Ref Four Corners Generating Station San Juan County 1969 (Unit 4)1970 (Unit 5) Units 1, 2 & 3 closed in 2013. Unit 4 & 5 - 2031. Four Corners Steam PlantFour Corners worries about jobs as coal-fired plants power downIEEFA U.S: Tribal investment in struggling coal-fired Four Corners plant will lose millions San Juan Generating Station San Juan County 1973 (Unit 1)1982 (Unit 4) Units 2 and 3 closed in 2017. Station closed in Oct 2022. Farmington announces agreement to keep San Juan Generating Station openSan Juan Generating StationHow San Juan Generating Station went from powerhouse to possible closure Escalante Generating Station McKinley County 1984 Station closed in Aug 2020. Escalante Generating StationWhy the Award-Winning Escalante Generating Station Calls Gallup Home

Petroleum Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) GenerationType Operator Yearopened Ref Note Freeport McMoRan Grant County Reciprocating engine (x10) Public Service Co of NM 1967/1972 Quay County Quay County Simple cycle Southwestern Public Service 2013

Natural gas Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Generationtype Operator Yearopened Ref Note Afton Dona Ana County 1x1 Combined cycle Public service Co of NM 2002/2007 Algodones Sandoval County Steam turbine (x3) Public Service Co of NM 1954/1959 Decommissioned in 1987. Animas San Juan County Simple cycle City of Farmington 1994 Bluffview San Juan County 1x1 combined cycle City of Farmington 2005 Chino Hurley Mines Grant County 1x1 combined cycle Freeport McMoRan Corp 1959/2001 Cunningham Lea County Steam turbine (x2),simple cycle (x2) Southwestern Public Service Co 1957/1965/1998 Ford Utilities Bernalillo County Simple cycle (x2) University of New Mexico 2005/2014 Hobbs Lea County 2x1 combined cycle,simple cycle Lea Power Partners 2008 La Luz Valencia County Simple cycle Public Service Co of NM 2015 LCEC Generation Lea County Reciprocating engine (x5) Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc 2012 Lordsburg Hidalgo County Simple cycle (x2) Public Service Co of NM 2002 Luna Luna County 2x1 combined cycle Public Service Co of NM 2006 Maddox Lea County Steam turbine,simple cycle (x2) Southwestern Public Service Co 1963/1967/1976 Pyramid Hidalgo County Simple cycle (x4) Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc 2003 Reeves Bernalillo County Steam turbine (x3) Public Service Co of NM 1960/1962 Rio Bravo Bernalillo County Simple cycle Public Service Co of NM 2000 Rio Grande Dona Ana County Steam turbine (x3),simple cycle El Paso Electric Co 1957/1958/1972/2013 Valencia Valencia County Simple cycle Valencia Power LLC 2008

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Geothermal

Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Operator Yearopened Ref Note Lightning Dock Animas, New Mexico Cyrq Energy 2014 Economic Development Department Secretary Jon Barela, PNM Celebrate Opening of New Mexico's First Utility-Scale Geothermal Plant. http://www.nmnn.net/press/econdev011514-2.pdf. Accessed 6 February 2014. New Mexico Economic Development Department Press Release dated 15 January 2014.

Biomass Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Generationtype Fuel Operator Yearopened Ref Note Four Peaks Camino Real Dona Ana County Reciprocating engine (x2) Landfill gas ENERGYneering Solutions 2008 Southside Water Reclamation Bernalillo County Reciprocating engine (x2) Wastewater methane City of Albuquerque 1987

Hydroelectric

Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Operator Yearopened Ref Abiquiu Dam Abiquiu Lake Los Alamos County 1994 El Vado Dam El Vado Lake Los Alamos County 1935 Elephant Butte Dam Elephant Butte United States Bureau of Reclamation 1916 Navajo Dam Navajo Lake City of Farmington 1989

Solar photovoltaic

Name Location Capacity(MWAC) Yearopened Ref Buena Vista Energy Center 2023 Roswell Solar Energy Center 2016 140 MW Solar Farms in SE NM to Start Delivering Power Chavez County Solar Energy Center 2016 Macho Springs Solar Facility 2014 Macho Springs - Fact Sheet NMRD Data Center III 2023 Jicarilla Solar 1 2023 Jicarilla Solar 2 2022 Britton Solar Energy Center 2019 PRC approves fast-tracking solar for Facebook data center Route 66 Energy Center 2022 Encino Solar Energy Center 2020 PNM Solar Chaves County Solar II 2023 Cimarron Solar Facility 2011 Cimarron Solar Facility Begins Commercial Operation Alta Luna Solar Facility 2016 Tri-State Announces 25-Megawatt Alta Luna Solar Project Caprock Solar Facility 2017 North Carolina-based energy company's large solar project in New Mexico is up and running Hayhurst New Mexico Solar 2023 Facebook 2-3 Solar Energy Center Bernalillo County 2018 Facebook: Sustainable Data Centers San Miguel Solar Energy Center 2019 Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (based on Form EIA-860M as a supplement to Form EIA-860) Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility 2011 NRG Solar begins operations at New Mexico's Roadrunner facility Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid 2022 Las Cruces Centennial Solar Farm 2012 El Paso Electric - Las Cruces Centennial Solar Farm Santolina Solar Energy Center 2015 PNM holds dedication ceremony for South Valley and Santolina Solar Energy Centers SunE SPS4 Monument 2011 Hunt Institute for Global Competitiveness Solar Web Map SunE SPS5 Hopi 2011 SunE SPS1 Dollarhide 2011 SunE SPS2 Jal 2011 SunE SPS3 Lea 2011 South Valley Solar Energy Center 2015 Rio Communities Solar Energy Center 2015 PNM Holds Dedication Ceremony for Rio Communities Solar Energy Center Rio Rancho Solar Energy Center 2019 Facebook 1 Solar Energy Center Valencia County 2017 Facebook Data Center Solar Energy Generation Vista Solar Energy Center 2019 Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center 2019 PNM Sustainability: Rio De Oro Solar Energy Center 1 Angel Fire Energy Facility 2023 Santa Fe Solar Energy Center 2015 PNM Holds Dedication Ceremony for Santa Fe County Solar Energy Center Meadow Lake Solar Energy Center 2015 PNM installs panels at Meadow Lake solar center Manzano Solar 2013 Work Begins at PNM Manzano Solar Energy Center Site Otero Solar 2013 City of Gallup Solar 2018 Standard Solar completes 9.8-MW solar farm in Gallup, New Mexico Hatch Solar Energy Center 2011 Eubank Landfill Solar Array 2013 Questa Solar Facility 2010 Los Alamos Photovoltaic Site 2012 Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities Energy Resources

Wind

Name Location Capacity(MW) Yearopened Ref Sagamore Wind 2020 Red Cloud Wind 2021 Clines Corners Wind Farm 2021 Broadview Wind Project 2017 Broadview Wind Project La Joya Wind Farm 2021 El Cabo Wind Farm 2018 Towers of Power: El Cabo plant is up and running Tecolote Wind 2021 Oso Grande Wind Farm 2021 Roosevelt Wind Farm 2015 Roosevelt Wind Farm Grady Wind Energy Center 2019 Pattern Energy: Grady Wind New Mexico Wind Energy Center 2003 New Mexico Wind Energy Center Aragonne Mesa Wind Project 2022 San Juan Mesa Wind Farm 2006 San Juan Mesa Wind Farm Duran Mesa Wind Farm 2021 Red Mesa Wind Energy Center 2010 Red Mesa Wind Energy Center Borderlands Wind 2021 High Lonesome Mesa Wind Farm 2009 N.M. Attracting Wind Farms; Newest One With 40-Story Turbines Aragonne Wind 2006 Aragonne Mesa Wind Farm Caprock Wind Ranch 2005 Caprock Wind Ranch Casa Mesa Wind Energy Center 2018 NextEra Energy Resources Portfolio Macho Springs Wind Facility 2011 Macho Springs Wind Facility Milo Wind Project 2016 EDF RE's Milo Wind Project begins commercial operation Sterling Wind Facility 2017 Sterling Wind Facility Wildcat Wind Facility 2012 Wildcat Wind Facility Anderson Wind Project 2014 Goldman Sachs Unit Buys New Mexico Project From BayWa

Storage power stations

Battery storage Name Coordinates Dischargecapacity(MW) Yearcompleted Refs Taos Mesa Energy Facility Hybrid 2022 NMSU Storage and Solar 2022 Casa Mesa Wind Energy Center Hybrid 2018 Prosperity Energy Storage Facility Hybrid 2011

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