Chihuahuan Desert Solar
Solar power plant · El Paso County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
10 MW
Rank in Texas
#716
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2025
May 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- El Paso Electric Co
- County
- El Paso County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among solar plants in Texas
- #177 of 238
- EIA plant code
- 67174
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10TXC | Solar Photovoltaic | 10 MW | 10 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.
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| Cedarvale Gas | Natural gas | 10 MW |
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| Chisum | Solar | 10 MW |
| Commerce ESS | Battery storage | 10 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 10 MW solar plant and a 10 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 Texas power plants · What Texas actually generates