Most Polluting Power Plants in Washington

Power plants in Washington emit a combined 13.6M metric tons of CO₂ per year. The table below ranks the top emitters — predominantly coal and natural gas plants. Emission rates vary widely even within the same fuel type: efficient combined-cycle gas plants produce roughly 900 lb CO₂/MWh, while older coal plants can exceed 2,200 lb/MWh.

Emissions data comes from the EPA eGRID program. Zero-emission sources (nuclear, solar, wind, hydro) are excluded from this ranking. For methodology details, see the methodology page.

#PlantStateFuelCO₂ (tons/yr)
1Transalta Centralia GenerationWashingtonCoal5.0M
2Grays Harbor Energy FacilityWashingtonNatural Gas1.5M
3Chehalis Generating FacilityWashingtonNatural Gas1.0M
4Goldendale Generating StationWashingtonNatural Gas909.8k
5Mint Farm Generating StationWashingtonNatural Gas879.6k
6Frederickson Power LpWashingtonNatural Gas780.4k
7River Road Gen PlantWashingtonNatural Gas771.1k
8Ferndale Generating StationWashingtonNatural Gas689.8k
9EncogenWashingtonNatural Gas470.2k
10Sumas Power PlantWashingtonNatural Gas404.1k
11WhitehornWashingtonNatural Gas346.3k
12Hf Sinclair Puget Sound RefiningWashingtonNatural Gas318.7k
13Fredonia (Wa)WashingtonNatural Gas180.4k
14Spokane Waste To EnergyWashingtonBiomass136.7k
15FredericksonWashingtonNatural Gas135.6k
16Nippon Dynawave Packaging Longview WaWashingtonBiomass36.2k
17Boulder ParkWashingtonNatural Gas34.4k
18Longview FibreWashingtonBiomass20.4k
19Kettle Falls Generating StationWashingtonBiomass18.5k
20University Of Washington Power PlantWashingtonNatural Gas2.0k
21Port Townsend PaperWashingtonBiomass796
22Cedar HillsWashingtonBiomass548
23Mckinley Paper Co. - Washington MillWashingtonBiomass338
24Grimes WayWashingtonNatural Gas159
25Northeast (Wa)WashingtonNatural Gas83
26Crystal MountainWashingtonOil10

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PowerPlantsNearMe.com. (2026). Most Polluting Power Plants in Washington. Derived from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID. Retrieved from https://powerplantsnearme.com/most-polluting-power-plants/washington

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