Shallow Basket
Solar power plant · Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Nameplate capacity
190 MW
Rank in New Mexico
#30
of 169 plants
In service since
2025
August 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Shallow Basket Energy, LLC
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 1.06%
- Rank among solar plants in New Mexico
- #8 of 105
- EIA plant code
- 68868
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBPV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 140 MW | 140 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| SBBS1 | Batteries | 50 MW | 50 MW | 2025 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in New Mexico
| Quail Ranch Solar and BESS | Battery storage | 200 MW |
| TAG | Solar | 198 MW |
| Pyramid | Natural gas | 186 MW |
| Broadview Energy JN, LLC | Wind | 182 MW |
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 190 MW solar plant and a 190 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