FirstEnergy Albright
BrownfieldAlbright, Preston, West Virginia · Monongahela Power Co
FirstEnergy Albright is a coal plant in Albright, Preston, West Virginia, retired 2012-09-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 278 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 — Preston 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 FirstEnergy Albright — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Branch (WV) | coal plant | 80 | 22.6 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 FirstEnergy Albright, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORT MARTIN | Substation-Adjacent | WV | Monongalia County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 66.3 |
| UNKNOWN132844 | Substation-Adjacent | WV | Monongalia County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 66.2 |
| MOUNT STORM | Substation-Adjacent | WV | Grant County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.1 |
| HATFIELD | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Greene County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 63.9 |
| UNKNOWN123481 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Monongalia County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 63.3 |
| UNKNOWN123487 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Monongalia County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 63.1 |
| RONCO | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Fayette County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 62.9 |
| EC Coal Monongalia County | Greenfield | WV | Monongalia County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 62.5 |
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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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