Power Plants Near 98040 — Mercer Island, WA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98040 (Mercer Island, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.5603, -122.2281 · County: King

Natural Gas 53%Hydroelectric 44%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.4 mi	University Of Washington Power Plant Seattle, WA	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of Washington
11.3 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
12.3 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
18.1 mi	Snoqualmie 2 Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
18.3 mi	Snoqualmie Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
21.1 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
21.9 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
22.4 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
22.8 mi	Agate Bess Poulsbo, WA	Battery Storage	—	Brightnight Power
22.8 mi	South Fork Tolt North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	17 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
23.0 mi	Cedar Falls (Wa) North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
24.1 mi	Black Creek Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Black Creek Hydro Inc
25.1 mi	Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
25.3 mi	Calligan Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
25.5 mi	Youngs Creek Hydroelectric Project Monroe, WA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
25.5 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
26.0 mi	Mesa 1 Everett, WA	Other Fossil	2 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
26.5 mi	Twin Falls Hydro North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
28.4 mi	Weeks Falls North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
28.5 mi	Mesa 2 Everett, WA	Battery Storage	—	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
28.9 mi	Everett Cogen Everett, WA	Biomass	—	Kimberly-Clark Corp
30.8 mi	H M Jackson Sultan, WA	Hydroelectric	112 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
33.4 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
33.8 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
35.1 mi	Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Brinnon, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Rocky Brook Electric Inc
39.4 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
40.5 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
41.3 mi	Arlington Microgrid Arlington, WA	Solar	2 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
41.4 mi	Arlington Battery Energy Storage System Arlington, WA	Battery Storage	—	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
41.9 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
44.7 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
45.3 mi	Port Townsend Paper Port Townsend, WA	Biomass	8 MW	Port Townsend Paper Co
45.5 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
47.6 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Mercer Island, Washington (ZIP 98040), with a combined 964 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is University Of Washington Power Plant at 7.4 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 Washington, visit the Washington state page.

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