GridPlants

Power plants operated by Puget Sound Energy Inc

Puget Sound Energy Inc operates 18 power plants in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 3,218 MW of nameplate capacity, the 76th-largest fleet among the 5,826 operators on file. They are spread over two states: Washington and Montana. Natural gas is 60% of the capacity; the largest site is Fredonia (WA). Its oldest working unit dates from 1898, at Snoqualmie. Units added from 2020 to 2025 total 248 MW.

  • Natural gas1,932 MW60%
  • Wind1,020 MW32%
  • Hydroelectric260 MW8.1%
  • Oil and petroleum2.7 MW0.1%
  • Battery storage2 MW0.1%
  • Solar0.5 MW0.0%

Capacity by decade it came online

Natural gasOil and petroleumHydroelectricWindSolarBattery storage

Above the line: capacity operating in 2025. Below: capacity retired at these plants.

250 MW500 MW750 MW1 GW1890s1900s1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s0

Plants

PlantStateRuns onCapacityFirst unit
Fredonia (WA)WashingtonNatural gas376 MW1984
Lower Snake River Wind Energy ProjectWashingtonWind343 MW2012
Mint Farm Generating StationWashingtonNatural gas319 MW2008
Goldendale Generating StationWashingtonNatural gas303 MW2004
Ferndale Generating StationWashingtonNatural gas286 MW1994
Wild HorseWashingtonWind273 MW2006
Beaver Creek Wind FacilityMontanaWind248 MW2025
FredericksonWashingtonNatural gas178 MW1981
EncogenWashingtonNatural gas176 MW1993
WhitehornWashingtonNatural gas169 MW1981
Hopkins Ridge WindWashingtonWind157 MW2005
Sumas Power PlantWashingtonNatural gas126 MW1993
Upper BakerWashingtonHydroelectric105 MW1959
Lower BakerWashingtonHydroelectric104 MW1960
Snoqualmie 2WashingtonHydroelectric38.7 MW1957
SnoqualmieWashingtonHydroelectric12.8 MW1898
Crystal MountainWashingtonOil and petroleum2.7 MW1969
Glacier Battery StorageWashingtonBattery storage2 MW2016