Collins
BrownfieldMorris, Grundy, Illinois · Midwest Generations EME LLC
Collins is a natural gas plant in Morris, Grundy, Illinois, retired 2004-10-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2,650 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 — Grundy 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 Collins — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joliet 29 | natural gas plant | 1,320 | 17.3 mi | — |
| Will County | coal plant | 1,269 | 26.2 mi | — |
| Joliet 9 | natural gas plant | 508 | 17.6 mi | — |
| Lockport Powerhouse | former hydro site | 16 | 22.4 mi | — |
| Prairie View IL | natural gas plant | 5 | 15.1 mi | — |
| Greene Valley Gas Recovery | natural gas plant | 3 | 31.2 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 Collins, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLANO (765 KV) | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Kendall County | 765 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.9 |
| JOLIET | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Will County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.7 |
| WOLFS CROSSING | Substation-Adjacent | IL | DuPage County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.8 |
| BOLLINGBROOK | Substation-Adjacent | IL | DuPage County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.5 |
| LOCKPORT | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Will County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.1 |
| TAP138230 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Kendall County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.0 |
| COLLINS | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Grundy County | 765 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.7 |
| Collins | Brownfield | IL | Grundy County | — | 2,650 MW | 4.6 yrs | 63.8 |
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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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