Kanto Power Plant

The Power Plant (Japanese: はつでんしょ Power Plant in Generations II and, formerly むじんはつでんしょ Abandoned Power Plant in Generations I and ), 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 , is a facility located on in Kanto.

In the games
The Power Plant was abandoned years before the events of the Generation I games, though some of the machinery still works. It was refurbished at some time between Generations I and to provide power for the Magnet Train. It became a home for  when it was abandoned. ing from is required to reach it.

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

It is the roost of the Legendary Pokémon,.


 * In the Generation I games and, it will be inside the Power Plant and catchable as soon as the undefined is able to use outside of.
 * In the Generation II games, it is no longer found here, making it completely unobtainable without trading from the Generation I games.
 * In, it appears outside of the Power Plant after all sixteen Badges of Kanto and Johto have been obtained.

and can be found here in, a direct reference to the anime episode Sparks Fly for Magnemite, where a group of Grimer and a  took over a power plant in Gringey City.

Generations I and III
The Power Plant is littered with machinery that has fallen into disrepair. Many of the changes between these two generations are simply cosmetic, the most notable one being changing the exit in Zapdos's room to lead to the side of the Power Plant instead of back to the entrance. In Generation I, the background music is the same as the Rocket Hideout and Cerulean Cave, while in Generation III, it instead plays the 's theme.

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 has apparently fled.

Generation IV
In, 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.

In Pokémon Origins
The Power Plant made a brief appearance in File 4: Charizard. was seen battling in there with his, eventually capturing the Legendary bird off-screen.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
It was revealed in Holy Moltres that Lt. Surge captured at the Power Plant. In Lapras Lazily, 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.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga, and his  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.

In other languages
Kraftwerk (Kanto) Centrale Centrale Elettrica むじんはつでんしょ 无人发电厂