Centralia Power Plant — United States of America

Centralia Power Plant is a 729.9 MW gas power station in Washington, United States of America. It ranks #856 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 40.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_centralia_united.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 729.9 MW, Centralia Power Plant is well above the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #369 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Transalta Centralia Generation · Coal · 1,459.8 MW · Washington
• Skookumchuck · Hydro · 1 MW · Washington
• Chehalis Generating Facility · Gas · 593 MW · Washington
• Yelm · Hydro · 12 MW · Washington
• Mayfield · Hydro · 162 MW · Washington
• Mossyrock · Hydro · 300 MW · Washington

Location

Coordinates 46.755925, -122.857217 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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