Power Plants Near 98576 — Rainier, WA

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98576 (Rainier, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.8829, -122.6795 · County: Thurston

Natural Gas 52%Hydroelectric 23%Coal 21%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
6.7 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
7.1 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
11.1 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
12.0 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
12.2 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
17.4 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
18.3 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
19.4 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
20.1 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
20.4 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
21.1 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
24.9 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
26.6 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
26.9 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
30.3 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
31.5 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
32.4 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
33.1 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
38.2 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
39.5 mi	Cowlitz Falls Randle, WA	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Pud No 1 Of Lewis County
40.5 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
45.0 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
45.3 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
45.5 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
49.6 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Rainier, Washington (ZIP 98576), with a combined 3,491 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Skookumchuck Wind Facility at 2.3 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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