Possum Point
BrownfieldDumfries, Prince William, Virginia · Virginia Electric & Power Co
Possum Point is a oil plant in Dumfries, Prince William, Virginia, retired 2020-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1,373 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 — Prince William 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 Possum Point — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgantown Generating Plant | coal plant | 1,418 | 20.5 mi | — |
| Dominion/Lo Mar | oil plant | 5 | 18.5 mi | — |
| Dean Drive Area Electric Generators | oil plant | 3 | 18.5 mi | — |
| Church Street Plant | oil plant | 3 | 17.9 mi | — |
| VMEA 1 Credit Gen | oil plant | 2 | 18.7 mi | — |
| Marine Corps Combat Development Command | former superfund site | 0 | 1.1 mi | cleanup_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 Possum Point, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFTON | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Manassas Park city | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.8 |
| MOSBY | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Manassas Park city | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.5 |
| OX | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Fairfax County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.2 |
| BRISTERS | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Prince William County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.0 |
| UNKNOWN116661 | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Stafford County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.9 |
| UNKNOWN116662 | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Stafford County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.7 |
| CANNON BRANCH | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Manassas city | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 66.6 |
| Morgantown Generating Plant | Brownfield | MD | Charles County | 230 kV | 1,418 MW | 3.8 yrs | 66.5 |
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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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