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Essential Power Rock Springs LLC

Brownfield

Rising Sun, Cecil, Maryland · Essential Power Operating Services LLC

Legacy capacity
390
MW

Essential Power Rock Springs LLC is a natural gas plant in Rising Sun, Cecil, Maryland. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 390 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 capacity390 MW
EIA plant ID#7835

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address1423 Rising Sun Road, Rising Sun, MD, 21911
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 — Cecil 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)28,742
Construction employment0
Land value$10,443/acre
Datacenter tax incentiveproperty_tax_credits

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate12.73¢/kWh
Industrial power rate11.22¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply3.6 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days1,300
Mean annual temp55°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index22.0 · Relatively Low
Fiber providers9 · 48% 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 Essential Power Rock Springs LLC — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Notch Cliffnatural gas plant14427.7 mi—
York Energy Centernatural gas plant1207.9 mi—
Perrymanoil plant5319.4 mi—
SECCRA Community Landfillnatural gas plant119.6 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 Essential Power Rock Springs LLC, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Essential Power Rock Springs LLC
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
ROCK SPRINGSSubstation-AdjacentMDHarford County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs69.5
DELTA YORK ECSubstation-AdjacentPAHarford County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs67.0
CONASTONESubstation-AdjacentMDHarford County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs66.2
PEACH BOTTOMSubstation-AdjacentPAHarford County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs65.4
PEACH BOTTOMSubstation-AdjacentPAHarford County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs65.4
OZ New CastleGreenfieldDENew Castle——1.5 yrs65.2
CLAYSubstation-AdjacentPAChester County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs65.0
UNKNOWN123416Substation-AdjacentPAChester County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs64.7

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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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