Aera South Belridge Cogen Facility
BrownfieldMcKittrick, Kern, California · AERA Energy LLC
Aera South Belridge Cogen Facility is a natural gas plant in McKittrick, Kern, California, retired 2010-07-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 9 MW of generation, so the grid hookup, transmission rights, and often cooling-water access are already in place — collapsing the speed-to-power timeline versus a greenfield build.
Former use & capacity
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Kern County
County-level intelligence for this site's location — the power economics, water, hazard, connectivity, and workforce a developer screens before ever visiting. Assembled from FEMA NRI, BLS QCEW, FCC BDC, USGS water-use, and EIA.
Market & workforce
Power economics & interconnection
Water & cooling
Hazard, flood & connectivity
County-level context — address-level utility offerings and flood zoning vary within the county. Confirm site-specific service with the utility and a Phase I ESA.
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Aera South Belridge Cogen Facility — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKittrick Cogen | natural gas plant | 10 | 8.0 mi | — |
| Lost Hills Cogeneration Plant | natural gas plant | 4 | 17.0 mi | — |
| Roll Lost Hills | natural gas plant | 1 | 19.2 mi | — |
Derived from GridCensus's retired-generator & EPA brownfield dataset. Not a substitute for an ASTM E1527 Phase I environmental radius report.
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Nearby datacenter candidate sites
Scored candidate sites near Aera South Belridge Cogen Facility, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIDWAY | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Kern County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 8.2 yrs | 55.6 |
| BUENA VISTA PUMPS | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Kern County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 51.6 |
| SUNSET | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Luis Obispo County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 51.4 |
| ARCO | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Kings County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 51.3 |
| CALIENTE | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Luis Obispo County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 51.2 |
| Lost Hills Cogeneration Plant | Brownfield | CA | Kings County | 66 kV | 4 MW | 5.7 yrs | 50.8 |
| UNKNOWN302333 | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Kern County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 50.7 |
| McKittrick Cogen | Brownfield | CA | San Luis Obispo County | 66 kV | 10 MW | 5.7 yrs | 50.7 |
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Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
Brownfield attributes are derived from EIA retired-generator and EPA public data. Existing capacity reflects the retired plant's historical nameplate, not deliverable interconnection for a new load. Confirm reusable interconnection rights, remediation status, and site availability with the utility, ISO, and current owner.
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