Power Plants Near 98042 — Kent, WA

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98042 (Kent, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.3680, -122.1206 · County: King

Natural Gas 44%Hydroelectric 43%Wind 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.1 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
10.4 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
12.6 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
14.5 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
16.2 mi	Cedar Falls (Wa) North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
17.8 mi	Snoqualmie Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
17.9 mi	Snoqualmie 2 Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
20.9 mi	Twin Falls Hydro North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
21.5 mi	University Of Washington Power Plant Seattle, WA	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of Washington
22.5 mi	Weeks Falls North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
22.6 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
22.9 mi	Black Creek Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Black Creek Hydro Inc
23.0 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
24.6 mi	Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
25.3 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
25.8 mi	Calligan Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
26.2 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
27.8 mi	South Fork Tolt North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	17 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
28.3 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
29.4 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
32.9 mi	Youngs Creek Hydroelectric Project Monroe, WA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
35.8 mi	Agate Bess Poulsbo, WA	Battery Storage	—	Brightnight Power
36.4 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
38.1 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
39.7 mi	Mesa 1 Everett, WA	Other Fossil	2 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
40.0 mi	H M Jackson Sultan, WA	Hydroelectric	112 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
40.1 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
41.7 mi	Crystal Mountain Greenwater, WA	Oil	3 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
41.9 mi	Mesa 2 Everett, WA	Battery Storage	—	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
42.4 mi	Everett Cogen Everett, WA	Biomass	—	Kimberly-Clark Corp
43.9 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
45.4 mi	Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Brinnon, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Rocky Brook Electric Inc
47.0 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
48.7 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
49.2 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Kent, Washington (ZIP 98042), with a combined 1,165 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 35 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cedar Hills at 7.1 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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