Power Plants Near 98502 — Olympia, WA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98502 (Olympia, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.1043, -123.0552 · County: Thurston

Natural Gas 52%Hydroelectric 22%Coal 21%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.0 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
21.7 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
22.1 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
23.1 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
23.8 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
24.2 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
25.4 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
25.5 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
25.8 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
27.2 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
28.8 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
32.3 mi	Wynoochee Montesano, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
32.5 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
32.5 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
33.0 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
34.0 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
34.4 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
34.8 mi	Cosmo Specialty Fibers Plant Cosmopolis, WA	Biomass	15 MW	Cosmo Specialty Fibers
35.0 mi	Sierra Pacific Aberdeen Aberdeen, WA	Biomass	18 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
37.1 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
39.4 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
40.0 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
40.9 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
41.2 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
42.2 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
42.8 mi	Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Brinnon, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Rocky Brook Electric Inc
47.0 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
47.9 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
49.4 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Olympia, Washington (ZIP 98502), with a combined 3,468 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cushman 2 at 19.0 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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