Power Plants Near 98467 — University Place, WA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98467 (University Place, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.2033, -122.5688 · County: Pierce

Natural Gas 51%Hydroelectric 24%Coal 20%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.4 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
12.5 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
12.8 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
16.1 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
16.2 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
17.9 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
23.6 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
23.9 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
24.8 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
28.2 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
29.8 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
30.0 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
30.2 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
30.3 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
31.6 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
32.1 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
32.3 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
32.8 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
33.5 mi	University Of Washington Power Plant Seattle, WA	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of Washington
33.8 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
34.1 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
39.1 mi	Agate Bess Poulsbo, WA	Battery Storage	—	Brightnight Power
39.7 mi	Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Brinnon, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Rocky Brook Electric Inc
39.8 mi	Cedar Falls (Wa) North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	City Of Seattle - (Wa)
41.4 mi	Snoqualmie Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
41.4 mi	Snoqualmie 2 Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
43.3 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
44.5 mi	Twin Falls Hydro North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
45.8 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
46.0 mi	Weeks Falls North Bend, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
46.7 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
46.7 mi	Black Creek Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Black Creek Hydro Inc
48.4 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
48.4 mi	Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County
48.8 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
49.5 mi	Calligan Creek Hydroelectric Project Snoqualmie, WA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pud No 1 Of Snohomish County

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of University Place, Washington (ZIP 98467), with a combined 3,568 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Steam Plant at 9.4 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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