FREDONIA

How FREDONIA compares

With 376 MW of capacity, FREDONIA ranks 18th among the 126 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Washington and 3rd of the 17 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 9.4% of Washington's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 395th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1984, it is older than 52% of the 125 operating Washington plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC, runs 17 operating plants in Washington totaling 2,943 MW. It shares Skagit County with 3 other operating plants, including MARCH POINT COGENERATION and LOWER BAKER.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 376 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 554 GWh in 2024 (a 17% capacity factor), about 2 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 1984 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is FREEDONIA, about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 371 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ENCOGEN (176 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is CSSNW Bellingham in Bellingham, about 21.0 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