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Development: 200 MW Escalante Solar Project | TurningPoint Energy

Project Profile: Escalante Solar

200 MWac New Mexico Solar Project

Built on the site of the former 253-MW, coal-fired Escalante Station near Grants, N.M, Escalante Solar began generating carbon-free electricity on June 1, 2024. The project was developed by TurningPoint Energy in 2020 as part of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s landmark Responsible Energy Plan and is located in Tri-State member Continental Divide Electric Cooperative’s service territory. Escalante Solar will serve an estimated 63,000 homes for Tri-State’s members, including 11 New Mexico electric cooperatives, under a Power Purchase Agreement with Origis Energy. Escalante Solar is the largest solar project in Tri-State’s portfolio.

TPE and its partners:

  • Hired local:  Construction contractor Gridworks provided construction services for the project, employing an estimated 400 people during that time. 

  • Supported the community: The project will pay approximately $7,100,000 in taxes to McKinley County and $2,400,000 in taxes to the School District over its life.

CLIENT: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
LOCATION:McKinley County, NM
SYSTEM: 200 MWac
COMPLETION:2024
EPC:GridWorks
OWNER/INVESTOR:Origis Energy
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