Power Plants Near 98579 — Rochester, WA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98579 (Rochester, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.8193, -123.0406 · County: Thurston

Natural Gas 66%Hydroelectric 14%Coal 14%Biomass 3%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.9 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
9.0 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
9.6 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
14.9 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
15.4 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
15.6 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
17.9 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
21.9 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
23.2 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
30.6 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
34.1 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
34.6 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
35.2 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
35.3 mi	Cosmo Specialty Fibers Plant Cosmopolis, WA	Biomass	15 MW	Cosmo Specialty Fibers
36.2 mi	Sierra Pacific Aberdeen Aberdeen, WA	Biomass	18 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
36.6 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
36.8 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
37.0 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
38.5 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
42.3 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
42.6 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
43.7 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
44.7 mi	Port Westward Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	483 MW	Portland General Electric Co
44.7 mi	Port Westward Unit 2 Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	226 MW	Portland General Electric Co
45.1 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
45.1 mi	Beaver Clatskanie, OR	Natural Gas	611 MW	Portland General Electric Co
47.1 mi	Mint Farm Generating Station Longview, WA	Natural Gas	319 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
47.3 mi	Wynoochee Montesano, WA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
47.7 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
47.9 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
48.2 mi	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Longview Wa Longview, WA	Biomass	62 MW	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co.
48.5 mi	Coastal Energy Project Aberdeen, WA	Wind	6 MW	Coastal Community Action Program
49.2 mi	Georgia-Pacific Wauna Mill Clatskanie, OR	Biomass	30 MW	Georgia-Pacific Wauna Llc
49.8 mi	Longview Fibre Longview, WA	Biomass	45 MW	Longview Fibre Co

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Rochester, Washington (ZIP 98579), with a combined 5,243 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Centralia Battery Energy Storage System at 7.9 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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