Power Plants Near 98530 — Bucoda, WA

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98530 (Bucoda, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.7982, -122.8718 · County: Thurston

Natural Gas 65%Hydroelectric 15%Coal 14%Biomass 3%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.4 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
1.4 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
3.0 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
7.3 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
10.5 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
12.3 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
16.5 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
22.9 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
24.4 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
26.2 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
26.6 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
27.9 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
30.1 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
30.8 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
31.1 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
31.1 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
35.5 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
39.9 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
41.8 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
42.2 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
42.8 mi	Cowlitz Falls Randle, WA	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Pud No 1 Of Lewis County
42.9 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
43.4 mi	Cosmo Specialty Fibers Plant Cosmopolis, WA	Biomass	15 MW	Cosmo Specialty Fibers
44.3 mi	Sierra Pacific Aberdeen Aberdeen, WA	Biomass	18 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
45.1 mi	Port Westward Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	483 MW	Portland General Electric Co
45.1 mi	Port Westward Unit 2 Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	226 MW	Portland General Electric Co
45.6 mi	Beaver Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	611 MW	Portland General Electric Co
45.9 mi	Mint Farm Generating Station Longview, WA	Natural Gas	319 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
45.9 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
46.9 mi	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Longview Wa Longview, WA	Biomass	62 MW	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co.
47.8 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
48.0 mi	Longview Fibre Longview, WA	Biomass	45 MW	Longview Fibre Co

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Bucoda, Washington (ZIP 98530), with a combined 5,264 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Tono Solar at 1.4 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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