Lea County, NM power plants

12 EIA-registered plants with 1.6 GW of nameplate capacity inside SPP; the largest is Hobbs Generating Station at 681.5 MW.

Capacity by fuel

Nameplate capacity · plants

natural gas: 1.4 GW4
solar: 153.1 MW6
wind: 57.2 MW2

Lea County, NM capacity ranking

12 matching plants · ranked by nameplate capacity

Rank	Plant	Capacity	Type	Operator	Location
1	Hobbs Generating StationLea Power Partners LLCDetailed profile	681.5 MW	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	Lea Power Partners LLC	Lea County
2	CunninghamSouthwestern Public Service CoDetailed profile	444.2 MW	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Natural Gas Steam Turbine	Southwestern Public Service Co	Lea County
3	MaddoxSouthwestern Public Service CoDetailed profile	212 MW	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Natural Gas Steam Turbine	Southwestern Public Service Co	Lea County
4	Cunningham Solar I & BESSSouthwestern Public Service CoDetailed profile	108 MW	Batteries, Solar Photovoltaic	Southwestern Public Service Co	Lea County
5	LCEC Generation LLVCWestern Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	46.5 MW	Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	Lea County
6	Sterling I Wind FarmAEM Wind LLC	29.9 MW	Onshore Wind Turbine	AEM Wind LLC	Lea County
7	Wildcat WindWildcat Wind, LLC	27.3 MW	Onshore Wind Turbine	Wildcat Wind, LLC	Lea County
8	SPS4 MonumentSunE SPS4, LLC	10.1 MW	Solar Photovoltaic	SunE SPS4, LLC	Lea County
9	SPS1 DollarhideSunE SPS1, LLC	10 MW	Solar Photovoltaic	SunE SPS1, LLC	Lea County
10	SPS2 JalSunE SPS2, LLC	10 MW	Solar Photovoltaic	SunE SPS2, LLC	Lea County
11	SPS3 LeaSunE SPS3, LLC	10 MW	Solar Photovoltaic	SunE SPS3, LLC	Lea County
12	Middle DaisyOnyx Asset Services Group	5 MW	Solar Photovoltaic	Onyx Asset Services Group	Lea County

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plants

County assignment and capacity come from the EIA generator inventory. Capacity is nameplate capacity, not seasonal capability or available operating capacity. A plant can include multiple generators and technologies.