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HF Sinclair Puget Sound Refining

Brownfield

Anacortes, Skagit, Washington · HF Sinclair Corporation

Legacy capacity
27
MW

HF Sinclair Puget Sound Refining is a natural gas plant in Anacortes, Skagit, Washington, retired 2015-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 27 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 capacity27 MW
Retirement date2015-06-01
EIA plant ID#54268

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address8505 South Texas Road, Anacortes, WA, 98221
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 — Skagit 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)40,441
IT / tech employment39
Construction employment4,290
Land value$14,280/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate8.32¢/kWh
Industrial power rate6.58¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.1%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow-Medium
Public water supply20.3 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days300
Mean annual temp48°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index28.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers5 · 37% 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 HF Sinclair Puget Sound Refining — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Port Townsend Paperformer biomass site628.3 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 HF Sinclair Puget Sound Refining, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near HF Sinclair Puget Sound Refining
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
OLD TOWNSubstation-AdjacentWAWhatcom County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs66.0
BELLINGHAMSubstation-AdjacentWAWhatcom County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs65.9
TAP206066Substation-AdjacentWAWhatcom County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs65.9
TAP206065Substation-AdjacentWAWhatcom County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs65.8
BELLINGHAMSubstation-AdjacentWAWhatcom County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs64.7
INTALCOSubstation-AdjacentWASan Juan County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs63.9
SEDRO WOOLLEYSubstation-AdjacentWASkagit County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs62.5
FREEDONIASubstation-AdjacentWAIsland County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs62.4

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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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