Power Plants Near 98597 — Yelm, WA

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 98597 (Yelm, Washington). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.9206, -122.5880 · County: Thurston

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.4 mi	Yelm Yelm, WA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	City Of Centralia - (Wa)
6.0 mi	Skookumchuck Wind Facility Rainier, WA	Wind	136 MW	Southern Power Co
11.3 mi	Skookumchuck Tenino, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
14.1 mi	Lagrande La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	64 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
14.5 mi	Lri Lfgte Facility Graham, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
15.2 mi	Frederickson Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	178 MW	Puget Sound Energy Inc
15.5 mi	Alder La Grande, WA	Hydroelectric	50 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
15.5 mi	Frederickson Power Lp Tacoma, WA	Natural Gas	318 MW	Frederickson Power Lp
16.1 mi	Tono Solar Centralia, WA	Solar	—	Transalta Holdings U.s. Inc.
17.1 mi	Centralia Battery Energy Storage System Bucoda, WA	Battery Storage	—	Cent Bn, Llc
17.2 mi	Transalta Centralia Generation Centralia, WA	Coal	730 MW	Transalta Centralia Gen Llc
20.1 mi	Electron Orting, WA	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Electron Hydro Llc
25.7 mi	Chehalis Generating Facility Chehalis, WA	Natural Gas	593 MW	Pacificorp
26.2 mi	Steam Plant Tacoma, WA	Biomass	—	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
26.6 mi	White River (Wa) Sumner, WA	Hydroelectric	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
27.7 mi	Greenwater Bess Tbd, WA	Battery Storage	—	Gree Bn, Llc
27.8 mi	Mossyrock Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	300 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
28.8 mi	Mayfield Silver Creek, WA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
38.1 mi	Coyote Crest Wind Farm Centralia, WA	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
38.7 mi	Cowlitz Falls Randle, WA	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Pud No 1 Of Lewis County
41.1 mi	Cushman 2 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	85 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)
42.2 mi	Grays Harbor Energy Facility Elma, WA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.0 mi	Sinclair Bess Gorst, WA	Battery Storage	—	Sinc Bn, Llc
45.0 mi	Cedar Hills Maple Valley, WA	Biomass	5 MW	Bio Energy Washington, Llc
45.4 mi	Lilliwaup Falls Generating Lilliwaup, WA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	William G. Reed Jr
45.6 mi	Cushman 1 Shelton, WA	Hydroelectric	43 MW	City Of Tacoma - (Wa)

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Yelm, Washington (ZIP 98597), 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 Yelm at 4.4 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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