Power Plants Near 98226 — Bellingham, WA

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98226 (Bellingham, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 48.7974, -122.4448 · County: Whatcom

Natural Gas 83%Hydroelectric 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.0 mi	Encogen Bellingham, WA	Natural Gas	176 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
11.1 mi	Ferndale Generating Station Ferndale, WA	Natural Gas	286 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
15.2 mi	Whitehorn Blaine, WA	Natural Gas	169 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
15.5 mi	Sumas Power Plant Sumas, WA	Natural Gas	126 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
23.2 mi	Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refining Anacortes, WA	Natural Gas	140 MW	Hf Sinclair Corporation
23.5 mi	Glacier Battery Storage Glacier, WA	Other Fossil	2 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
23.6 mi	Fredonia (Wa) Mt Vernon, WA	Natural Gas	376 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
24.1 mi	Sierra Pacific Burlington Facility Mt Vernon, WA	Biomass	28 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
29.7 mi	Nooksack Hydro Glacier, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Puget Sound Hydro Llc
33.9 mi	Koma Kulshan Concrete, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
35.9 mi	Upper Baker Concrete, WA	Hydroelectric	105 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
36.5 mi	Lower Baker Concrete, WA	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
46.3 mi	Arlington Microgrid Arlington, WA	Solar	2 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
46.4 mi	Arlington Battery Energy Storage System Arlington, WA	Battery Storage	—	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Bellingham, Washington (ZIP 98226), with a combined 1,526 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Encogen at 4.0 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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