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Jersey Shore Steel Co

Brownfield

McElhattan, Clinton, Pennsylvania · NextEra Renewable Fuels, LLC

Legacy capacity
2
MW

Jersey Shore Steel Co is a natural gas plant in McElhattan, Clinton, Pennsylvania. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2 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 capacity2 MW
EIA plant ID#56886

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.0 mi
Operator address264 Landfill Lane, McElhattan, PA, 17748
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 — Clinton 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)10,469
Construction employment680
Land value$8,278/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate8.43¢/kWh
Industrial power rate6.15¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.6%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply4.0 MGD
Industrial water use4.5 MGD
Cooling degree days800
Mean annual temp50°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index28.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers5 · 11% 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 Jersey Shore Steel Co — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
TalenEnergy Martins Creek LLC Lock Havenoil plant191.7 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 Jersey Shore Steel Co, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Jersey Shore Steel Co
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
EC Near West Campus Steam PlantGreenfieldPACentre——3.0 yrs62.1
UNKNOWN123633Substation-AdjacentPACentre County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs62.0
SHINGLETOWNSubstation-AdjacentPACentre County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs61.9
MILESBURGSubstation-AdjacentPACentre County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs61.4
EC Near West Campus Steam PlantGreenfieldPACentre——3.0 yrs59.8
EC Near West Campus Steam PlantGreenfieldPACentre——3.0 yrs59.4
EC Coal Centre CountyGreenfieldPACentre County——3.0 yrs58.6
CHAPMANSubstation-AdjacentPAClinton County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs58.5

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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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