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EIA plant 54667

Hurley · Grant · NM

Chino Mines

Operated by FreePort-McMoRan-Corp-Chino Mines

Annual generation69,151 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextPublic Service Company of New MexicoBalancing authority or NERC region

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32.695600, -108.122500

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle54 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

15,147
256
3208
45,410
5839
67,274
723,086
821,033
918
100
115,884
12196

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
15,147
256
3208
45,410
5839
67,274
723,086
821,033
918
100
115,884
12196

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
15,147 MWh
256 MWh
3208 MWh
45,410 MWh
5839 MWh
67,274 MWh
723,086 MWh
821,033 MWh
918 MWh
100 MWh
115,884 MWh
12196 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
9Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG37.5SB
7Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG16.5SB

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EIA plant ID
54667
Sector
Industrial Non-CHP
Water source
Wells
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (23,086 MWh) and 10 the lowest (0 MWh). Their difference is 23,086 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
7Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle16.515.415.52.0
9Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle37.535.040.04.5

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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