Puget Sound Energy Ferndale Generating Station

Facility information

The facility began operating in 1994. A natural gas pipeline supplies the plant with fuel used to make electricity. It also uses Number 2 fuel oil ias a backup fuel for one turbine.

• The plant has the ability to produce up to 270 megawatts of electricity.
• Exhaust from turbines produces steam. The Phillips 66 Ferndale oil refinery uses up to 150,000 pounds of steam from this plant each hour.
• PSE sends its wastewater to the Phillips 66 refinery for treatment. The refinery then sends the treated wastewater to the Strait of Georgia.
• Stormwater goes to a stormwater conveyance ditch on Lake Terrell Road. This ditch sends the stormwater to Lummi Bay.

Permit information

• Wastewater permit
  • Support document

The Northwest Clean Air Agency regulates the PSE’s air quality activities. Visit the Northwest Clean Air Agency website or call 800-622-4627 for more information.

PSE Ferndale Generating Station contacts

Facility phone: 360-380-2119
Location: 5105 Lake Terrell Road, Ferndale.
For billing or electrical service related questions, call customer service at 1-888-225-5773