POWEREDBYWHO
· STATE FILE · NM
EIA RATE DATA AS OF 2026-02
FOLLOW THE MONEY IN
New Mexico
9 data-center projects on file — 9.3 GW of nameplate capacity. Federal data on what residents are paying for the grid to serve them, sourced from the EIA Electric Power Monthly.
Avg residential bill
$83
/ month
Per household · 2026-02
Sales to industrial
51.3%
of state kWh
Factories + data centers · 2026-02
Residential rate rank
#30
of 51
Mid-pack on residential price
10yr rate climb
+34%
#33 of 51
Tracking the national curve since 2016
Largest power plant
1.54 GW
· coal
Four Corners · San Juan County
§ 01
What residents pay
EIA · Electric Power Monthly
New Mexico · residential · latest
15.07¢/kWh
↑ +3.7% YoY
As of Single month · 2026-02
New Mexico · residential · 2026 YTD avg
14.87¢/kWh
↑ +5.8% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
US national · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.54¢/kWh
↑ +8.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
§ 02
How the grid runs
Net generation · 2026-02
Where New Mexico's electricity actually comes from. Each fuel source as a share of total state generation in the most recent reported month.
NEW MEXICO · GENERATION MIX · 2026-02
3.05 TWh net · all sectors
§ 03
Supply vs demand
EIA-860M generator inventory · projects pipeline
New Mexico is staring at an 5.7 GW energy shortfall: 9.2 GW of data-center load is under construction or permitted in the state, but utilities have only 3.5 GW of new generation in the EIA-860M pipeline to serve it. (For scale, the state's already-running data-center load is 134 MW.) The largest plant in the supply pipeline is Ntec Gas Plant in San Juan County — 677 MW of natural gas across 18 units, first online 2028-06. On the way out: Cunningham — 183 MW of natural gas, retiring 2027-12.
Two bars, one scale. Demand is sorted by certainty — under construction first, then permitted, then proposed. The dashed rule marks where the supply pipeline runs out; everything to the right of it is demand on file with no supply filed against it.
§ 04
Data-center load
9 projects
Projects on file
9
published (excludes draft / archived)
Nameplate MW
9.28 GW
≈ 41 GWh/yr at 50% load
Announced investment
—
aggregate disclosed capex
§ 07
Follow the money in New Mexico
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in NM
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.