Power Plants Near 98421 — Tacoma, WA

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98421 (Tacoma, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.2664, -122.4015 · County: Pierce

Coal 40%Natural Gas 28%Hydroelectric 24%Wind 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.8 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
8.4 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
11.3 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
12.6 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
13.0 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
20.8 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
21.3 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
21.8 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
23.0 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
23.3 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
27.2 mi	University Of Washington Power Plant Seattle, WA	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of Washington
27.4 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
30.2 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
30.9 mi	Cedar Falls (Wa) North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
31.3 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
32.4 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
32.5 mi	Snoqualmie Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
32.5 mi	Snoqualmie 2 Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
35.6 mi	Twin Falls Hydro North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
36.0 mi	Agate Bess Poulsbo, WA	Battery Storage	—	Brightnight Power
36.3 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
36.3 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
36.5 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
37.1 mi	Weeks Falls North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
37.8 mi	Black Creek Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Black Creek Hydro Inc
39.4 mi	Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
39.9 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
40.0 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
40.3 mi	Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Brinnon, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Rocky Brook Electric Inc
40.5 mi	Calligan Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
40.6 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
41.4 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
41.6 mi	South Fork Tolt North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	17 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
45.9 mi	Youngs Creek Hydroelectric Project Monroe, WA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
46.8 mi	Mesa 1 Everett, WA	Other Fossil	2 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
48.6 mi	Crystal Mountain Greenwater, WA	Oil	3 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
49.7 mi	Mesa 2 Everett, WA	Battery Storage	—	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
49.9 mi	Everett Cogen Everett, WA	Biomass	—	Kimberly-Clark Corp

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Tacoma, Washington (ZIP 98421), with a combined 1,827 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Steam Plant at 0.8 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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