Power Plants Near 98542 — Ethel, WA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98542 (Ethel, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.5321, -122.7404 · County: Lewis

Natural Gas 60%Hydroelectric 22%Coal 13%Biomass 2%Wind 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.5 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
10.3 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
15.0 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
16.5 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
17.5 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
18.0 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
18.4 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
22.3 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
27.6 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
28.8 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
29.6 mi	Mint Farm Generating Station Longview, WA	Natural Gas	319 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
30.3 mi	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Longview Wa Longview, WA	Biomass	62 MW	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co.
30.3 mi	Cowlitz Falls Randle, WA	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Pud No 1 Of Lewis County
30.8 mi	Longview Fibre Longview, WA	Biomass	45 MW	Longview Fibre Co
31.0 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
31.9 mi	Port Westward Unit 2 Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	226 MW	Portland General Electric Co
31.9 mi	Port Westward Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	483 MW	Portland General Electric Co
32.1 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
32.3 mi	Beaver Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	611 MW	Portland General Electric Co
37.3 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
39.9 mi	Swift 2 Cougar, WA	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Pacificorp
40.7 mi	Merwin Ariel, WA	Hydroelectric	136 MW	Pacificorp
41.1 mi	Georgia-Pacific Wauna Mill Clatskanie, OR	Biomass	30 MW	Georgia-Pacific Wauna Llc
41.5 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
41.5 mi	Swift 1 Cougar, WA	Hydroelectric	240 MW	Pacificorp
41.8 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
42.2 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
43.8 mi	Yale Amboy, WA	Hydroelectric	134 MW	Pacificorp
46.2 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Ethel, Washington (ZIP 98542), with a combined 5,714 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mayfield at 7.5 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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