Reeves

Natural gas power plant · Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Nameplate capacity
154 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#35
of 169 plants
In service since
1960
March 1960

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Steam Turbine
Operator
Public Service Co of NM
County
Bernalillo County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.86%
Rank among natural gas plants in New Mexico
#9 of 19
EIA plant code
2450

Generating units

Individual generating units at Reeves
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
3Natural Gas Steam Turbine66 MW63 MW1962Operating
1Natural Gas Steam Turbine44 MW42 MW1960Operating
2Natural Gas Steam Turbine44 MW41 MW1960Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 154 MW solar plant and a 154 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All New Mexico power plants · What New Mexico actually generates