CUSHMAN 2

How CUSHMAN 2 compares

With 81 MW of capacity, CUSHMAN 2 ranks 56th among the 126 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Washington and 25th of the 65 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.4% of Washington's operating Hydro capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 208th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1930, it is older than 88% of the 125 operating Washington plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CITY OF TACOMA - (WA), runs 7 operating plants in Washington totaling 713 MW. It shares Mason County with 2 other operating plants, CUSHMAN 1 and LILLIWAUP FALLS GENERATING.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 85 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 179 GWh in 2024 (a 24% capacity factor), up 13% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1930 and 2013.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is POTLATCH (115 kV), about 1.6 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 110 kV line owned by CITY OF TACOMA - (WA), under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 57 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CUSHMAN 1 (43 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is Intergate West / Digital.forest / Fortress in Tukwila, about 41.4 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology