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EIA plant 55802

Belen · Valencia · NM

Valencia Energy Facility

Operated by Valencia Power LLC

Annual generation76,829 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextPublic Service Company of New MexicoBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Valencia Energy Facility?

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34.611549, -106.732234

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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 Combustion Turbine159.5 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.

17,437.38
27,046.45
36,437.21
45,122.15
56,771
67,693.19
78,618.79
87,012.29
95,725.26
104,439.01
113,717.12
126,809.15

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
17,437.38
27,046.45
36,437.21
45,122.15
56,771
67,693.19
78,618.79
87,012.29
95,725.26
104,439.01
113,717.12
126,809.15

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
17,437 MWh
27,046 MWh
36,437 MWh
45,122 MWh
56,771 MWh
67,693 MWh
78,619 MWh
87,012 MWh
95,725 MWh
104,439 MWh
113,717 MWh
126,809 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
CTG1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG159.5OP

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EIA plant ID
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Sector
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Water source
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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 (8,619 MWh) and 11 the lowest (3,717 MWh). Their difference is 4,902 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
CTG1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine159.5144.3150.280.0

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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