Power Plants Near 98433 — Tacoma, WA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98433 (Tacoma, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.1125, -122.5891 · County: Pierce

Natural Gas 51%Hydroelectric 24%Coal 21%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.8 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
10.7 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
10.8 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
14.5 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
16.9 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
18.4 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
19.0 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
19.7 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
21.2 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
23.1 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
23.5 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
25.2 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
26.3 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
26.9 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
27.7 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
29.9 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
32.2 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
34.9 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
34.9 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
36.5 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
37.2 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
38.5 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
39.7 mi	University Of Washington Power Plant Seattle, WA	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of Washington
40.7 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
42.1 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
43.1 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.4 mi	Cedar Falls (Wa) North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
44.2 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
45.1 mi	Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Brinnon, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Rocky Brook Electric Inc
45.4 mi	Agate Bess Poulsbo, WA	Battery Storage	—	Brightnight Power
46.0 mi	Snoqualmie Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
46.0 mi	Snoqualmie 2 Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
48.1 mi	Twin Falls Hydro North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
49.4 mi	Weeks Falls North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Tacoma, Washington (ZIP 98433), with a combined 3,552 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Yelm at 9.8 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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