Rio Bravo Power Plant

Rio Bravo Power Plant is a power station in Bernalillo, New Mexico which is located on Electric Avenue Southeast. Rio Bravo Power Plant is situated nearby to the public building Bernalillo County Fire Academy, as well as near the grassland Golf Team Practice Range.

Type: Power station
Also known as: “Delta Power Co. Person’s Generating Station”
Address: 725 Electric Avenue Southeast, Albuquerque, NM

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Albuquerque International Airport and Bernalillo County/International Sunport station.

Albuquerque International Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.

Albuquerque International Sunport, locally known as the Sunport, is the primary international airport serving the U.S. state of New Mexico, particularly the Albuquerque metropolitan area and the larger Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area. Albuquerque International Airport is situated 2½ miles east of Rio Bravo Power Plant.

Bernalillo County/International Sunport station

Railway station

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bernalillo County/International Sunport is a station on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail line, located in South Valley, New Mexico, United States. Bernalillo County/International Sunport station is situated 1 mile west of Rio Bravo Power Plant.

First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater

Theater building

First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater is an outdoor amphitheater, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The amphitheater opened in February 2000 as the Mesa del Sol Amphitheater. First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater is situated 2 miles south of Rio Bravo Power Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Valley and Barelas.

South Valley

Town

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Valley is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 38,338 at the 2020 Census. South Valley is situated 2 miles west of Rio Bravo Power Plant.

Barelas

Neighborhood

Photo: Asaavedra32, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Barelas is an inner-city neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico, located immediately south of Downtown. It consists of the triangular area bounded by Coal Avenue, the BNSF railroad tracks, and the Rio Grande. Barelas is situated 3 miles north of Rio Bravo Power Plant.

Mesa del Sol

Neighborhood

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mesa del Sol is an uncompleted 16,000-acre mixed-use master planned community in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mesa del Sol is situated 3 miles southeast of Rio Bravo Power Plant.

Rio Bravo Power Plant

Categories: gas turbine power station, oil-fired power station, and industry
Location: Bernalillo, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.02731° or 35° 1′ 38″ north

Longitude

-106.64242° or 106° 38′ 33″ west

Inception

April 2000

Operator

Public Service Co of NM

Open location code

857M29G5+W2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 449466231

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q11995369

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Satellite Map

Discover Rio Bravo Power Plant from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Rio Bravo Power Plant” goes by many names.

Norwegian Bokmål: “Person gasskraftverk”
Norwegian: “Person gasskraftverk”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bernalillo County Fire Academy and Golf Team Practice Range.

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