Portland (PA)
BrownfieldMt. Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania · Portland Power, LLC
Portland (PA) is a coal plant in Mt. Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania, retired 2014-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 427 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 — Northampton 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 Portland (PA) — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TalenEnergy Martins Creek | coal plant | 411 | 7.9 mi | — |
| Gilbert | natural gas plant | 96 | 24.2 mi | — |
| TalenEnergy Martin Creek LLC Allentown | oil plant | 64 | 28.7 mi | — |
| Fiberville Estates, LLC. | former manufacturing site | 9 | 23.6 mi | cleanup_complete |
| PPL Glendon LFGTE Plant | natural gas plant | 5 | 18.6 mi | — |
| WC Landfill Energy LLC | natural gas plant | 2 | 6.4 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 Portland (PA), ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRANCHBURG | Substation-Adjacent | NJ | Somerset County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.1 |
| UNKNOWN123737 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Northampton County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 66.5 |
| UNKNOWN132302 | Substation-Adjacent | NJ | Sussex County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.5 |
| MARTINS CREEK | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Warren County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 63.9 |
| PORTLAND STATION | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Warren County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 63.7 |
| EC Near TalenEnergy Martin Creek LLC Allentown | Greenfield | PA | Lehigh | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 63.7 |
| GILBERT | Substation-Adjacent | NJ | Hunterdon County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 63.2 |
| OZ Lehigh | Greenfield | PA | Lehigh | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 63.0 |
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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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