List of power stations in Washington

The following page lists all power stations in the U.S. state of Washington. These include facilities that are located in more than one state.

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Fossil fuel

Name Location Coordinates Type Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Boulder Park Peaking Unit Spokane Valley Natural Gas 24 Avista
Centralia Power Plant Centralia Coal 1340 TransAlta Corporation 1972
Chehalis Generation Facility Chehalis Natural Gas 520 PacifiCorp
Encogen Generating Station Bellingham Natural Gas 167 Puget Sound Energy 1993
Fredonia Generating Station Skagit Natural Gas 314 Puget Sound Energy early 1980s, 2001
Frederickson Generating Station Frederickson Natural Gas 147 Puget Sound Energy 1981
Frederickson 1 Generating Station Frederickson Natural Gas 275 EPCOR 2002
Goldendale Generating Station Goldendale Natural Gas 277 Puget Sound Energy 2004
Mint Farm Generating Station Longview Natural Gas 310 Puget Sound Energy 2008
River Road Generating Plant Vancouver Natural Gas 248 Clark Public Utilities
Satsop Combustion Turbine Satsop Natural Gas 650 Energy Northwest
Sumas Generating Station Sumas Natural Gas 125 Puget Sound Energy 1993
Tenaska Generating Station Ferndale Natural Gas 266 Tenaska Energy
Whitehorn Generating Station Ferndale Natural Gas 147 Puget Sound Energy 1974, 1981

Hydroelectric power stations

Name Capacity (MW) Location River Status PS Operator Ref
Bonneville Dam 1,093 Columbia Operational No US Army Corps of Engineers  
Boundary Dam 1,024 Pend O'Reille Operational No Seattle City Light  
Chief Joseph Dam 2,620 Columbia Operational No US Army Corps of Engineers  
Diablo Dam 159 Skagit Operational No Seattle City Light  
Electron Hydroelectric Project 22   Puyallup Operational No Puget Sound Energy  
Gorge Dam 199 Skagit Operational No Seattle City Light  
Grand Coulee Dam 6,809 Columbia Operational Yes U.S. Bureau of Reclamation  
Ice Harbor Dam 603 Snake Operational No US Army Corps of Engineers  
Lake Chelan Dam 59 Chelan Operational No Chelan County Public Utility District  
Little Goose Dam 932 Snake Operational No US Army Corps of Engineers  
Lower Baker Dam 79 Baker Operational No Puget Sound Energy  
Lower Granite Dam 932 Snake Operational No US Army Corps of Engineers  
Lower Monumental Dam 932 Snake Operational No US Army Corps of Engineers  
Merwin Dam 136 Lewis Operational No PacifiCorp  
Priest Rapids Dam 955 Columbia Operational No Grant County Public Utility District  
Rock Island Dam 660 Columbia Operational No Chelan County Public Utility District  
Rocky Reach Dam 1,300 Columbia Operational No Chelan County Public Utility District  
Ross Dam 353 Skagit Operational No Seattle City Light  
Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project 44   Snoqualmie Operational No Puget Sound Energy  
Swift Dam 240 Lewis Operational No PacifiCorp  
Upper Baker Dam 91 Baker Operational No Puget Sound Energy  
Wells Dam 851 Columbia Operational No Douglas County Public Utility District  
Wanapum Dam 1,038 Columbia Operational No Grant County Public Utility District  
Yale Dam 134 Lewis Operational No PacifiCorp  

Wind farms

List of wind farms and their respective capacities as of 2010-06-30.[1]

Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Status Ref
Windy Point Wind Farm Klickitat County 339 Operational [1]
Wild Horse I Kittitas County 273 Operational [1]
Marengo Wind Farm Columbia County 211 Operational [1]
White Creek Wind Farm Klickitat County 205 Operational [1]
Big Horn Wind Farm Klickitat County 200 Operational [1]
Stateline Wind Farm Walla Walla County 177 Operational [1]
Hopkins Ridge Wind Farm Columbia County 157 Operational [1]
Harvest Wind Farm Klickitat County 99 Operational [1]
Nine Canyon Wind Farm Benton County 99 Operational [1]
Goodnoe Hills Wind Farm Klickitat County 94 Operational [1]
Willow Creek Wind Farm   72 Operational [1]
Windy Flats Wind Farm   59.8 Operational [1]
Coastal Energy   6 Operational [1]
Lower Snake River Wind Project Garfield County 342.7 Under construction [1]
Juniper Canyon 151.2 Under construction [1]
Kittitas Valley Wind Farm 100.8 Under construction [1]
Vantage Wind Power Project Kittitas County 90 Under construction [1]
Big Horn 2 50 Under construction [1]
Linden Ranch Klickitat County 50 Operational [1]
Windy Point II Klickitat County 29.9 Under construction [1]

Nuclear

Name Location Coordinates Type Capacity (MW) Status Year opened
Columbia Generating Station Benton County Nuclear 1,150 Operating 1984

Former facilities

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Staff (July 2010). "U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Washington". American Wind Energy Association. http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=Washington. Retrieved 2010-07-28. 
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