Power Plants Near 98321 — Buckley, WA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98321 (Buckley, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.1524, -122.0621 · County: Pierce

Coal 35%Hydroelectric 33%Natural Gas 24%Wind 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.5 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
9.7 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
12.4 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
15.0 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
15.1 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
16.3 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
18.1 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
21.0 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
22.6 mi	Cedar Falls (Wa) North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
25.2 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
26.7 mi	Twin Falls Hydro North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
26.9 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
27.4 mi	Weeks Falls North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
28.8 mi	Snoqualmie Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
29.0 mi	Snoqualmie 2 Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
29.7 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
30.9 mi	Crystal Mountain Greenwater, WA	Oil	3 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
32.0 mi	Black Creek Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Black Creek Hydro Inc
33.8 mi	Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
35.2 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
35.6 mi	Calligan Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
36.4 mi	University Of Washington Power Plant Seattle, WA	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of Washington
39.5 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
39.9 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
40.0 mi	South Fork Tolt North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	17 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
40.1 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
44.9 mi	Packwood Packwood, WA	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Energy Northwest
45.6 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
45.8 mi	Youngs Creek Hydroelectric Project Monroe, WA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
46.0 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
46.5 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
46.6 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
47.5 mi	Cowlitz Falls Randle, WA	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Pud No 1 Of Lewis County
49.6 mi	Agate Bess Poulsbo, WA	Battery Storage	—	Brightnight Power

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Buckley, Washington (ZIP 98321), with a combined 2,091 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is White River (Wa) at 6.5 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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