Power plant · New Mexico, United States
Chino Mines Power Plant
Chino Mines Power Plant is an idle gas power plant in New Mexico, United States, with 54 MW of capacity, owned by FreePort-McMoRan-Corp-Chino Mines.
Grid connection
It is idle (standby or backup), holding a 54 MW grid connection at 115 kV to the grid of Public Service Co of NM.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | New Mexico | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Idle (standby or backup) | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1959 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | FreePort-McMoRan-Corp-Chino Mines | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | FreePort-McMoRan-Corp-Chino Mines | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 54 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Public Service Co of NM | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 115 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 32.6956, -108.1225 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Chino Mines is the 9th-largest of 9 power plants in New Mexico and the 879th-largest of 885 in the United States by capacity; its 54 MW is <0.1% of the 856,654 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 9th of 9 | 4,998 MW | 1.1% |
| United States | 879th of 885 | 856,654 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,986th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 40 water rights and 3 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water right SP-00745 | Water right | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Mimbres groundwater basin water right M-05017 | Water right | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Mimbres groundwater basin water right M-02502 | Water right | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Chino Mines Co Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 11 km |
| Chino Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 17 km |
| Tyrone Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 23 km |
Owner, operator, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- New Mexico Office of the State Engineer points of diversion (WATERS). New Mexico Office of the State Engineer points of diversion (WATERS), Terms not verified.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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