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EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant

Greenfield

Contra Costa County, California · CAISO

DC Readiness
49.1
Fair / 100

At a glance

EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Contra Costa County, California, scoring 49.1/100 DC Readiness — 63rd of 222 scored sites in the county. It sits in the CAISO grid region and the PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. service territory, where interconnection has averaged 7.6 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

LMP zoneCAISO_NP15
Wholesale LMP$16.53/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.30¢/kWh
UtilityPACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.investor ownedrestrictive to large load · terms ≥ 50 MW

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookConstrained
≈ 8.3 yrs typical interconnection wait

Deep queue and long historical waits — plan for a multi-year interconnection timeline and engage the utility early.

ISO / RTO regionCAISO
Queue depth227
Avg queue wait7.6 yrs
Recent queue wait8.3 yrs
Completion rate11%
Withdrawal rate89%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPEvocative Emeryville (EM1)
IXP distance6.4 mi
Fiber providers6
Fiber coverage42.5%
Nearest cloud providerAzure
Nearest cloud regionwestus
Cloud region distance14.1 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Land contactContra Costa County Assessor
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability50.0/100
Former usenear retired oil plant (10km)

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintLow (25/100)
Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)3.80
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatPresent
Superfund nearbyClear
Hazard sub-score32/100
Construction cost index111.5 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterOpen Computing Facility
DC distance4.3 mi
Nearest rail4.7 mi
Nearest gas pipeline3.3 mi
Nearest fiber route4.1 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (48)
DC tax incentiveNo
Commercial electricity29.96¢/kWh
Industrial electricity22.93¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,000
Heating degree days2,500
Land price / acre$9,199

Regulatory climate

Moderatestate posture · as of 2026-08

No notable statewide DC restriction on record; confirm local zoning and utility tariffs.

DC tax incentiveNo / suspended

Site location

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≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
This site + 8 nearby

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How does EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant compare with other sites in Contra Costa County?

EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant ranks 63rd of 222 scored candidate sites in Contra Costa County. Its 49.1/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 47.3. It is roughly in line with the California average of 45.4 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.

Against the California average, its strongest sub-score is water (50 vs 27) and its weakest is natural hazard (32 vs 51). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant to power, fiber and other datacenters?

The nearest located transmission bottleneck is 30750_MOSSLD _230_30797_LASAGUIL_230_BR_1 _1 (CAISO), 18 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is Evocative Emeryville (EM1) at 6.4 miles. 6 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is Open Computing Facility, 4.3 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant?

The site is in FEMA flood zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (minimal or moderate flood risk). WRI rates baseline water stress at 3.80 on a 0–5 scale. No mapped wetlands are recorded on the parcel. The parcel overlaps designated critical habitat (Alameda whipsnake (=striped racer) (Final)). At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Contra Costa County "Relatively High".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
43
Fiber connectivity12%
69
Energy cost10%
63
Water risk7%
50
Natural hazard6%
32
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
95
Land / acreage3%
34
Construction cost3%
57
Gas pipeline2%
89
Tax incentive1%
0
Climate / cooling1%
75

Nearby comparable sites

Other scored datacenter candidate sites in Contra Costa County, ranked by DC Readiness.

Sites near EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
EMBARCADEROSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs59.8
BAHIASubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs56.5
SOBRANTESubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs56.5
MORAGASubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs56.4
TECHNICAL ECOLOGICAL S. R. RESEARCH CENTERSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs56.0
ROSSMOORSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs56.0
ROSSMOOR TAP 2Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs56.0
TESOROSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs55.6

EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant?

EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant scores 49.1/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated fair. It ranks 63rd of 222 scored sites in Contra Costa County. The Contra Costa County average is 47.3 and the California average is 45.4.

Which electric utility serves EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant?

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. (investor owned) holds the retail service territory that contains the site; its holding company is PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION.

What grid region is EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant in?

EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant is in the CAISO region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 7.6-year wait from queue request to operation.

Is EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant in a flood zone?

The site is in FEMA flood zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (minimal or moderate flood risk).

Who owns EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant?

Parcel records list the owner as PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY (private land).

How far is EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant from an internet exchange?

The nearest internet exchange facility is Evocative Emeryville (EM1), about 6.4 miles away; 6 fiber providers report service at the location.

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About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “EC Near Phillips 66 Carbon Plant, Contra Costa County, CA”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/california/contra-costa-county/ec-near-phillips-66-carbon-plant-23443a1b (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Figures are screening estimates derived from public infrastructure data. Catalogued capacity reflects theoretical candidate capacity, not deliverable or committed interconnection. Confirm all values with the utility, ISO, and on-the-ground due diligence.

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