Power Plants Near 97424 — Cottage Grove, OR

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 97424 (Cottage Grove, Oregon). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.7839, -123.0529 · County: Lane

Hydroelectric 79%Biomass 18%Natural Gas 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.7 mi	Dorena Hydro-Electric Facility Cottage Grove, OR	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Dorena Hydro, Llc
12.6 mi	Short Mountain Eugene, OR	Biomass	3 MW	Emerald People's Utility Dist
15.7 mi	Dexter Lowell, OR	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Usace Northwestern Division
17.5 mi	Lookout Point Lowell, OR	Hydroelectric	120 MW	Usace Northwestern Division
18.3 mi	Univ Of Oregon Central Power Station Eugene, OR	Natural Gas	18 MW	University Of Oregon
19.5 mi	Ip Springfield Oregon Springfield, OR	Biomass	65 MW	International Paper Corporation - Springfield
22.5 mi	Walterville Springfield, OR	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Eugene Water & Electric Board
23.8 mi	Seneca Sustainable Energy Llc Eugene, OR	Biomass	20 MW	Seneca Sustainable Energy Llc
28.4 mi	Leaburg Springfield, OR	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Eugene Water & Electric Board
28.6 mi	Shell New Energies, Junction City Junction City, OR	Biomass	2 MW	Equilon Enterprises Llc D/B/A Shell Oil
31.8 mi	Hills Creek Oakridge, OR	Hydroelectric	30 MW	Usace Northwestern Division
37.5 mi	Douglas County Forest Products Roseburg, OR	Biomass	6 MW	Douglas County Forest Products
43.0 mi	Soda Springs Idleyld Park, OR	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Pacificorp
44.4 mi	Roseburg Lfg Roseburg, OR	Biomass	2 MW	Roseburg Lfg Energy Llc
44.6 mi	Slide Creek Idleyld Park, OR	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Pacificorp
46.4 mi	Fish Creek Idleyld Park, OR	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Pacificorp
46.6 mi	Toketee Falls Idleyld Park, OR	Hydroelectric	43 MW	Pacificorp
46.8 mi	Cougar Lowell, OR	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Usace Northwestern Division
47.5 mi	Foster Foster, OR	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Usace Northwestern Division
47.7 mi	Lemolo 2 Toketee Falls, OR	Hydroelectric	44 MW	Pacificorp
48.1 mi	Clearwater 2 Idleyld Park, OR	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Pacificorp
49.9 mi	Lemolo 1 Idleyld Park, OR	Hydroelectric	32 MW	Pacificorp

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Cottage Grove, Oregon (ZIP 97424), with a combined 542 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dorena Hydro-Electric Facility at 4.7 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Oregon, visit the Oregon state page.

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