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NAEA Ocean Peaking Power LLC

Brownfield

Lakewood, Ocean, New Jersey · Essential Power Operating Company, LLC

Legacy capacity
192
MW

NAEA Ocean Peaking Power LLC is a natural gas plant in Lakewood, Ocean, New Jersey. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 192 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 capacity192 MW
EIA plant ID#55938

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address123 Energy Way, Lakewood, NJ, 8701
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 — Ocean 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)159,471
IT / tech employment112
Construction employment11,004
Land value$23,893/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate10.16¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.48¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply52.5 MGD
Industrial water use9.2 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp53°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index28.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers6 · 56% 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 NAEA Ocean Peaking Power LLC — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Oyster Creeknuclear plant55017.3 mi—
Parlin Power Plantnatural gas plant13528.7 mi—
Cedar Stationoil plant6726.3 mi—
Toms River Solar Farmformer superfund site297.8 micleanup_complete
Naval Weapons Station Earle (NWS Earle)former superfund site2914.8 micleanup_complete
Tinton Falls Solarformer mine site2014.8 micleanup_complete
South Brunswick Landfill Solarformer superfund site1329.2 micleanup_complete
Stafford Park Solar Farmformer landfill site625.0 micleanup_complete

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 NAEA Ocean Peaking Power LLC, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near NAEA Ocean Peaking Power LLC
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
EAST WINDSORSubstation-AdjacentNJMercer County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.4
DEANSSubstation-AdjacentNJMiddlesex County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs67.4
SMITHBURGSubstation-AdjacentNJMonmouth County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs66.9
UNKNOWN132955Substation-AdjacentNJMiddlesex County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs65.7
South Brunswick Landfill SolarBrownfieldNJMiddlesex—13 MW3.8 yrs65.6
Fort Monmouth (GSHP)BrownfieldNJMonmouth——3.8 yrs65.0
Tinton Falls SolarBrownfieldNJMonmouth—20 MW3.8 yrs64.6
UNKNOWN133188Substation-AdjacentNJOcean County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs64.4

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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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