Power Plants Near 98409 — Tacoma, WA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98409 (Tacoma, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.2038, -122.4825 · County: Pierce

Natural Gas 51%Hydroelectric 25%Coal 20%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.4 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
9.8 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
10.2 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
12.2 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
13.9 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
17.4 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
18.2 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
20.6 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
25.2 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
25.9 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
26.8 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
27.0 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
29.0 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
31.1 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
31.6 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
32.2 mi	University Of Washington Power Plant Seattle, WA	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of Washington
33.8 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
34.3 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
34.9 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
34.9 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
35.7 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
36.0 mi	Cedar Falls (Wa) North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
37.8 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
38.1 mi	Snoqualmie Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
38.1 mi	Snoqualmie 2 Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
39.5 mi	Agate Bess Poulsbo, WA	Battery Storage	—	Brightnight Power
40.8 mi	Twin Falls Hydro North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
41.6 mi	Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Brinnon, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Rocky Brook Electric Inc
42.2 mi	Weeks Falls North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
43.3 mi	Black Creek Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Black Creek Hydro Inc
45.0 mi	Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
45.0 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
46.2 mi	Calligan Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
46.3 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
47.3 mi	South Fork Tolt North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	17 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
48.6 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
49.6 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Tacoma, Washington (ZIP 98409), with a combined 3,585 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Steam Plant at 6.4 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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