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Total Energy Facilities

Brownfield

Carson, Los Angeles, California · Los Angeles County Sanitation

Legacy capacity
20
MW

Total Energy Facilities is a former biomass site in Carson, Los Angeles, California, retired 2002-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 20 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 useformer biomass site
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity20 MW
Retirement date2002-12-01
EIA plant ID#10091

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.1 mi
Operator address24501 S Figueroa Street, Carson, CA, 90745
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former biomass site 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 — Los Angeles 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)3,896,707
IT / tech employment11,694
Construction employment150,197
Land value$21,834/acre

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate19.05¢/kWh
Industrial power rate16.25¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.3%

Water & cooling

Water stressHigh
Public water supply1256.4 MGD
Industrial water use103.3 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp59°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index48.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers25 · 59% 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 Total Energy Facilities — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Haynesnatural gas plant1,14610.6 mi—
AES Alamitos LLCnatural gas plant94010.5 mi—
Scattergoodnatural gas plant84313.2 mi—
AES Huntington Beach LLCnatural gas plant80319.5 mi—
Long Beach Generation LLCnatural gas plant3353.4 mi—
Graysonnatural gas plant29726.8 mi—
Broadway (CA)natural gas plant16725.9 mi—
Watson Cogenerationnatural gas plant944.0 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 Total Energy Facilities, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Total Energy Facilities
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
STATION L (SCATTERGOOD)Substation-AdjacentCALos Angeles County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs62.6
Broadway (CA)BrownfieldCALos Angeles County66 kV167 MW5.7 yrs62.4
AIRWAYSubstation-AdjacentCALos Angeles County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs61.0
HUNTINGTON BEACHSubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs60.6
HAYNESSubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs60.6
FUELSubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs59.5
Paramount RefineryBrownfieldCALos Angeles County66 kV7 MW5.7 yrs59.0
UCLA So Campus Cogen ProjectBrownfieldCALos Angeles County230 kV15 MW5.7 yrs58.9

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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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