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Power plant · EIA plant code 58125

Quay County

Operator
Southwestern Public Service Co
Location
Quay, NM (county level only)
Balancing authority
Southwest Power Pool (SWPP)
Nameplate capacity
27 MW
Summer capacity
17 MW

Planned changes reported to EIA: 1 planned retirement.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generation in 2025

Net generation
42 MWh
Capacity factor
0.0%

Capacity factor is net generation divided by nameplate capacity times the hours each generator was in service that year, counted by month.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Emissions

Carbon dioxide in 2023
64,581 metric tons
Carbon dioxide per MWh
165,939 lb/MWh

eGRID reports 71,188 short tons. One short ton is 0.90718474 metric tons.

Emissions are for 2023, the newest eGRID year. Generation is for 2025, the newest EIA-923 year.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) · data for 2023 · as of Jun 16, 2025 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generators

Generators at Quay County
GeneratorTechnologyEnergy sourceNameplateOperating sinceStatus
1Petroleum LiquidsDFO27 MW2013Operable · Planned retirement: 2034 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860M) · data for 2026-09 · as of Oct 23, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

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