Q3 Outlook

Ferndale Generating Station

EIA plant_id 54537·Public page
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Key facts

Capacity
Primary fuel
Status
Operating since
Generators
State
County
ISO / RTO
Balancing authority
Owner
Rank in state
Rank in US

Performance Analysis

Actuals only · EIA generation — no forecast run yet
Annual generation
1.32TWh
trailing 12 mo · actual
Capacity factor
53.0%
actual · ÷ 286 MW
Peak month
Aug
182.1 GWh
Lowest month
Nov
0 MWh
Historical mean window2015-12 – 2025-12 · 121 mo · mean 93.1 GWh

Dashed line = mean of actual generation over the window above. Adjust to exclude partial/ramp months — a fixed all-history mean can mislead.

Actual (EIA)Hist. meanActual EIA generation — no forecast run yet

Hazard Exposure

Detailed analysis hasn't been run. Modeled hazard populates this section once you run it · modeling_hazard_plant.

~seconds · workspace baseline

Insurance Gap Analysis

Roadmap · combines productivity + hazard above

Coming soon. Premium gap vs. exposure-based pricing — model substrate ready, underwriting curves pending.

Roadmap

Commercial arrangement

Merchant

No active commercial arrangement on record. The plant is selling at market unless a contract is added.

Context

Summary

Ferndale Generating Station is a 285.5 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant located in Whatcom County, Washington. The plant began operating in 1994 and consists of 3 generators. It is owned by PUGET HOLDINGS and operated by Puget Sound Energy Inc. The plant is ranked 7th out of 13 power plants in Washington state by capacity, and 660th nationally out of 945 plants. It operates within the Puget Sound Energy balancing authority and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region. In the most recent year with available data, Ferndale Generating Station produced 1,324,721 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 53.2%. Financial data indicates an installed cost of $464.11 per kW, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as a source of this information.