Power Plants Near 98506 — Olympia, WA

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98506 (Olympia, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.1042, -122.8700 · County: Thurston

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.2 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
20.0 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
22.4 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
22.4 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
22.9 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
23.2 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
23.8 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
23.8 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
24.1 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
25.1 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
27.3 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
27.8 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
28.7 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
30.2 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
31.1 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
31.6 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
32.0 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
32.7 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
33.3 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
33.6 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
33.7 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
33.9 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
39.6 mi	Wynoochee Montesano, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
42.7 mi	Rocky Brook Hydroelectric Brinnon, WA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Rocky Brook Electric Inc
43.2 mi	Cosmo Specialty Fibers Plant Cosmopolis, WA	Biomass	15 MW	Cosmo Specialty Fibers
43.3 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
43.5 mi	Sierra Pacific Aberdeen Aberdeen, WA	Biomass	18 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
43.6 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
44.6 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
45.8 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
46.3 mi	University Of Washington Power Plant Seattle, WA	Natural Gas	15 MW	University Of Washington
47.5 mi	Agate Bess Poulsbo, WA	Battery Storage	—	Brightnight Power

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Olympia, Washington (ZIP 98506), with a combined 3,488 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Yelm at 14.2 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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