This article is about the Power Plant in Kanto. For other uses, see Power Plant.

Power Plant 無人発電所 / 発電所 Abandoned Power Plant / Power Plant "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A power plant that was abandoned years ago, though some of the machines still work. It is infested with electric Pokémon.FRLG The plant that generates all the energy for the Kanto region.HGSS A technological complex where Electric-type Pokémon are commonly found.PE
Location:	South of Route 10's Pokémon Center
Region:	Kanto
Generations:	I, II, III, IV, VII
Location of Power Plant in Kanto.
Pokémon world locations

The Power Plant (Japanese: 無人発電所 Abandoned Power Plant in Generations I, III, and VII, 発電所 Power Plant in Generations II and IV), occasionally referred to as the Kanto Power Plant (Japanese: カントーはつでんしょ Kanto Power Plant) in Generations II and IV, is a facility located on Route 10 in Kanto.

Description

The Power Plant was abandoned years before the events of the Generation I, III, and VII games, though some of the machinery still works. It was refurbished at some time before Generations II and IV to provide power for the Magnet Train. In Generations I, III, and VII, it is a home for Electric-type Pokémon. SurfingRBYGSCFRLGHGSS or Sea SkimmingPE from Route 10 is required to reach it.

Many item balls located inside of the Power Plant are actually Voltorb or Electrode, making it somewhat hazardous to look for treasure here.

It is the roost of the Legendary Pokémon Zapdos in Generations I, III, VII.

Grimer and Muk can be found here in Pokémon Yellow and Let's Go, Pikachu!, a direct reference to the anime episode Sparks Fly for Magnemite, where a group of Grimer and a Muk took over a power plant in Gringey City.

Items

Fake items

In Generation VII, the fake item balls are upside down.

Item		Location	Games
	Voltorb ×6	Northeast of the Carbos In the long horizontal area near the center of the facility In the area east of the south entrance, southeast of TM33 (Reflect) In the area south of the long horizontal area near the center of the facility ×2 Far east of TM25 (Thunder), in the southeast area of the facility	R  B  Y
	Electrode ×2	In the long horizontal area near the center of the facility In the small area north of the long horizontal area near the center of the facility	R  B  Y
	Electrode ×2	In the area east of the south entrance In the northeast area of the facility	FR  LG
	Electrode ×4	In the long horizontal area near the center of the facility In the southeast area of the facility In the area east of Zapdos In the small area north of the long horizontal area near the center of the facility	P  E

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
	R		B		Y		Walking	20, 24	25%
	R		B		Y		Walking	33, 36	5%
	R		B		Y		Walking	21, 23	25%
	R		B		Y		Walking	30, 35	40%
	R		B		Y		Walking	32, 35	10%
	R		B		Y		Walking	33, 38	20%
	R		B		Y		Walking	33, 37	15%
	R		B		Y		Walking	33, 37	5%
	R		B		Y		Walking	21, 23	35%
	R		B		Y		Walking	33, 37	20%
	R		B		Y		Walking	33, 36	5%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
	G		S		C			The same as the traded Pokémon	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation III

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
	HG			SS				The same as the traded Pokémon	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation VII

Special encounters

Generation I

A Zapdos appears here on the first visit.

Zapdos Lv.50   --         --

Six Voltorb and two Electrode appear here as fake items.

Generation III

A Zapdos appears here on the first visit. If run from, it respawns upon leaving the area.

Two Electrode appear here as fake items.

Generation VII

A Zapdos appears here on the first visit. If run from, it respawns after entering the Hall of Fame.

Four Electrode appear here as fake items.

Trainers

Generation VII

Trainer	Pokémon
After becoming Champion

Differences between generations

Generations I, III, and VII

The Power Plant is littered with machinery that has fallen into disrepair. Many of the changes throughout the three generations are simply cosmetic, the most notable one being Generation III changing the exit in Zapdos's room to lead to the side of the Power Plant instead of back to the entrance, and Generation VII having no back exit in the room and instead having a warp panel that leads to the entrance. The background music differs among generations. In Generation I, the BGM is the same as the Rocket Hideout and Cerulean Cave; in Generation III, it instead plays the Pokémon Mansion's theme; and in Generation VII, it plays the theme of the Silph Co.

Generation II

The inside is reduced drastically, and is taken up by scientists working at various computers as well as in a separate generator room. The wild Pokémon found here in Generation I instead reside outside, while Zapdos has apparently fled.

Generation IV

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the inside is redesigned yet again to be a single room, with the generator in the middle and the scientists at their computers spread around the room. Wild Pokémon reside outside like in Generation II, including Zapdos, which returns after the Machine Part is restored and all 16 Badges have been earned.

Layout

Inside design

Outside design

In the anime

The Power Plant in the anime

Main series

The Kanto Power Plant appeared in A Crackling Raid Battle!. In the anime, it is an unmanned facility located near Vermilion City, which provides the Cerise Laboratory with electricity. When Professor Cerise detected signs of a Zapdos appearing at Vermilion Port, Goh deduced that the thunderclouds Professor Cerise had detected were not surrounding Zapdos, but were just being created by it. Following this deduction, he led Ash to the Power Plant, where they encountered Team Rocket, who had been scouting the building as a potential base and was surprised to learn that Zapdos could be there too.

Goh's deduction turned out to be correct, and the group found Zapdos absorbing energy from the Power Plant's generator. They engaged the Legendary Pokémon in a Raid Battle, but when Zapdos headed outside, Team Rocket stopped Ash from following Goh to the roof in an attempt to steal Pikachu. Goh battled Zapdos with Raboot and Flygon, but despite managing to land some hits on it, he ultimately failed to catch it like he had hoped.

Pokémon Origins

The Power Plant appeared in File 4: Charizard. Red battled Zapdos inside with his Tauros, eventually catching the Legendary bird off-screen.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The Power Plant in Pokémon Adventures

In Pokémon Adventures, the Power Plant is a building project that was never completed. The industrial waste from the construction site has affected the lives of many Pokémon living in the surrounding areas, including on Route 9, where the waste has killed off most of the local plant life, sending many Pokémon wandering around in search for food.

Red, Green & Blue arc

In Holy Moltres, Team Rocket Commander Lt. Surge reported to Giovanni that he had caught Zapdos at the Power Plant.

Yellow arc

In Lapras Lazily, Blue revealed how he had encountered Agatha of the Elite Four at the Power Plant before the start of the Indigo Plateau's Pokémon League tournament.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Red and his Pokémon visited the Power Plant in Regain the Deserted Power Plant!. Like many places that he visits, the Power Plant ended up being destroyed by Red's Clefairy.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the Power Plant in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Trivia

• In Generation I, if the player is currently at the Power Plant and opens the Town Map, pressing down will do nothing at first, as the selection will go from the Power Plant (the current location) to Power Plant again due to an oversight. The player will need to press down twice to select the previous location, which is Indigo Plateau. Similarly, the player will need to press up twice on Route 1 to go to the next location on the Town Map.

In other languages

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