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Roll Lost Hills

Brownfield

Lost Hills, Kern, California · Bloom Energy

Legacy capacity
1
MW

Roll Lost Hills is a natural gas plant in Lost Hills, Kern, California, retired 2023-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1 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

Former usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity1 MW
Retirement date2023-12-01
EIA plant ID#58298

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation2.7 mi
OperatorBloom Energy
Operator address13646 Highway 33, Lost Hills, CA, 93249
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas plant of this scale leaves behind a high-capacity grid interconnection that a new load can re-use, frequently shaving years off the interconnection queue. Retired-plant sites also tend to be already zoned for heavy industrial use with established road, rail, and water infrastructure.

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

Total employment (laborshed)274,649
Construction employment16,203
Land value$10,539/acre

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate23.14¢/kWh
Industrial power rate18.13¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.3%

Water & cooling

Water stressHigh
Public water supply168.9 MGD
Industrial water use2.5 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp59°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index48.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers12 · 39% served

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 Roll Lost Hills — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
McKittrick Cogennatural gas plant1026.6 mi—
Aera South Belridge Cogen Facilitynatural gas plant919.2 mi—
Lost Hills Cogeneration Plantnatural gas plant47.0 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 Roll Lost Hills, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Roll Lost Hills
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
ARCOSubstation-AdjacentCAKings County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs51.3
CALIENTESubstation-AdjacentCASan Luis Obispo County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs51.2
Lost Hills Cogeneration PlantBrownfieldCAKings County66 kV4 MW5.7 yrs50.8
McKittrick CogenBrownfieldCASan Luis Obispo County66 kV10 MW5.7 yrs50.7
SOLARSubstation-AdjacentCASan Luis Obispo County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs50.6
UNKNOWN300573Substation-AdjacentCAKings County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs50.6
EC Near Roll Lost HillsGreenfieldCAKern——5.7 yrs49.3
EC Near Lost Hills Cogeneration PlantGreenfieldCAKern——5.7 yrs48.9

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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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