Power Plants Near 98431 — Tacoma, WA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98431 (Tacoma, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.2529, -122.4443 · County: Pierce

Natural Gas 41%Hydroelectric 27%Coal 27%Wind 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.7 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
10.3 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
12.1 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
12.5 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
12.8 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
20.5 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
21.2 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
22.1 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
23.0 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
23.4 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
28.2 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
28.5 mi	University Of Washington Power Plant Seattle, WA	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of Washington
29.6 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
29.7 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
31.8 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
33.1 mi	Cedar Falls (Wa) North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
34.5 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
34.6 mi	Snoqualmie Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
34.7 mi	Snoqualmie 2 Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
34.8 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
34.9 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
36.5 mi	Agate Bess Poulsbo, WA	Battery Storage	—	Brightnight Power
37.8 mi	Twin Falls Hydro North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
38.1 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
38.3 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
38.7 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
39.3 mi	Weeks Falls North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
39.5 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
39.8 mi	Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Brinnon, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Rocky Brook Electric Inc
40.0 mi	Black Creek Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Black Creek Hydro Inc
41.6 mi	Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
42.7 mi	Calligan Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
43.6 mi	South Fork Tolt North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	17 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
47.8 mi	Youngs Creek Hydroelectric Project Monroe, WA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
48.1 mi	Mesa 1 Everett, WA	Other Fossil	2 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
48.9 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
49.6 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Tacoma, Washington (ZIP 98431), with a combined 2,717 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 2.7 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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