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New Mexico Power Plants
Utility-scale generators of 1 megawatt or more in New Mexico, as of August 2026 (EIA-860M).
- Operating capacity
- 18.2 GW
- Largest plant
- SunZia Wind South
- 2.6 GW
- Planned through 2028
- 3.7 GW
- Generation, 2023
- 39.3 TWh
Capacity by fuel
Operating nameplate capacity
- Wind8.1 GW 44.5%
- Natural gas3.7 GW 20.1%
- Solar3.3 GW 18.1%
- Coal1.6 GW 9.0%
- Battery storage1.4 GW 7.5%
- Hydroelectric81.5 MW 0.4%
- Petroleum27.0 MW 0.1%
- Geothermal19.2 MW 0.1%
- Biomass3.3 MW 0.0%
- Other1.1 MW 0.0%
Electricity generated, 2023
Net generation by fuel from EPA eGRID. CO2 output rate 770 lb/MWh
- Wind14.9 TWh 38.0%
- Natural gas14.2 TWh 36.2%
- Coal7.4 TWh 18.8%
- Solar2.6 TWh 6.6%
- Hydroelectric108 GWh 0.3%
- Geothermal36 GWh 0.1%
- Biomass13 GWh 0.0%
- Petroleum1,411 MWh 0.0%
Largest power plants
Top 150 by operating capacity. See counties below for every plant
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Planned and under construction
Largest planned additions, including expansions of operating plants
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Power plants by county
Operating plants located in each county
- Bernalillo County20
- Catron County1
- Chaves County9
- Cibola County6
- Colfax County4
- Curry County8
- De Baca County1
- Doña Ana County13
- Eddy County2
- Grant County2
- Guadalupe County1
- Hidalgo County4
- Lea County13
- Lincoln County1
- Los Alamos County1
- Luna County9
- McKinley County3
- Otero County6
- Quay County5
- Rio Arriba County7
- Roosevelt County3
- San Juan County4
- San Miguel County5
- Sandoval County10
- Santa Fe County2
- Sierra County3
- Taos County6
- Torrance County11
- Valencia County14
Capacity is the nameplate rating of generators that are operating or on standby. Solar capacity is in alternating current (AC). Batteries are counted by power (MW), not by stored energy (MWh).
Frequently asked questions
- How much power plant capacity does New Mexico have?
- New Mexico has 18.2 GW of operating utility-scale capacity as of August 2026.
- What is the largest power plant in New Mexico?
- SunZia Wind South is the largest at 2.6 GW of wind capacity.
- Where does New Mexico get its electricity?
- Power plants in New Mexico generated 39.3 TWh in 2023. The mix is shown above. Power also flows between states, so what plants in a state generate is not the same as what its customers use.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M; U.S. EPA eGRID · Data for August 2026