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FirstEnergy Bay Shore

Brownfield

Oregon, Lucas, Ohio · Walleye Power, LLC

Legacy capacity
499
MW

FirstEnergy Bay Shore is a coal plant in Oregon, Lucas, Ohio, retired 2012-09-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 499 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 usecoal plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity499 MW
Retirement date2012-09-01
EIA plant ID#2878

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address4701 Bay Shore Road, Oregon, OH, 43616
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a coal 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 — Lucas 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)169,253
IT / tech employment254
Construction employment8,185
Land value$8,863/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate12.57¢/kWh
Industrial power rate7.03¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply81.5 MGD
Industrial water use33.2 MGD
Cooling degree days900
Mean annual temp51°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index30.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers16 · 63% 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 FirstEnergy Bay Shore — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
J R Whitingcoal plant3647.0 mi—
Bowling Greenoil plant923.2 mi—
Wood County Landfillformer landfill site724.3 micleanup_complete
Toledo Jeep Assembly Plantformer manufacturing site37.7 micleanup_complete
Toledo Zoo Solarformer brownfield site27.7 micleanup_complete
Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltdformer manufacturing site110.2 micleanup_complete
Pilkington North Americaformer manufacturing site06.2 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 FirstEnergy Bay Shore, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near FirstEnergy Bay Shore
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN113613Substation-AdjacentOHLucas County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs69.3
UNKNOWN113596Substation-AdjacentOHWood County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs66.4
UNKNOWN156850Substation-AdjacentOHWood County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs65.6
Wood County LandfillBrownfieldOHWood—7 MW3.8 yrs64.9
Nippon Sheet Glass Co LtdBrownfieldOHLucas—1 MW3.8 yrs64.3
Pilkington North AmericaBrownfieldOHLucas—0 MW3.8 yrs64.2
UNKNOWN113830Substation-AdjacentOHOttawa County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs63.8
Toledo Zoo SolarBrownfieldOHLucas—2 MW3.8 yrs63.7

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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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