Phelps Dodge Refining

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine Operating

Commissioned: 1986
Net generation, 2025: 59,192 MWh
Grid: 14 kV to El Paso Electric Co (EPE)
Location: El Paso County, Texas
Operated by: Phelps Dodge Refining CorpSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025

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Technology: Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age: 40 years since 1986
Unused energy: 113 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate: 16,031 Btu/kWh 2025

All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region WECC Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 13.80 Transmission owner El Paso Electric Co Balancing authority code EPE Balancing authority name El Paso Electric Company
Eia status	By code OP Mw 12.60 Units 3 OS Mw 7 Units 2 Standby mw 0 Status rule some_units_idle In service mw 19.60 Out of service mw 7
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	948,889
Capacity factor, 2025	0.345
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	16,030.7
Net generation (MWh), 2025	59,192
Balancing authority code	EPE

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Sources

EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Projects within 15 mi, nearest first.
Project	Kind	Away	MW
OPPIDAN EL PASO DATA CENTER Built	Large load	8.4 mi

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