Power Plants Near 98513 — Olympia, WA

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98513 (Olympia, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.9939, -122.7430 · County: Thurston

Natural Gas 51%Hydroelectric 23%Coal 21%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.2 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
10.6 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
14.5 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
15.8 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
16.2 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
17.3 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
18.8 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
18.9 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
21.4 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
22.9 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
24.4 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
25.4 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
26.8 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
26.9 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
29.5 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
29.5 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
32.5 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
33.6 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
34.7 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
34.8 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
35.1 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
37.0 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
37.3 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
37.7 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
45.8 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
47.2 mi	Cowlitz Falls Randle, WA	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Pud No 1 Of Lewis County
48.1 mi	Cosmo Specialty Fibers Plant Cosmopolis, WA	Biomass	15 MW	Cosmo Specialty Fibers
48.1 mi	West Point Treatment Plant Seattle, WA	Biomass	5 MW	King County Dept-Natural Res
48.6 mi	Sierra Pacific Aberdeen Aberdeen, WA	Biomass	18 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
48.7 mi	Wynoochee Montesano, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Olympia, Washington (ZIP 98513), with a combined 3,542 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Yelm at 5.2 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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