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EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery

Greenfield

DuPage, Illinois · PJM

DC Readiness
60.5
Good / 100

At a glance

EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in DuPage, Illinois, scoring 60.5/100 DC Readiness — 40th of 67 scored sites in the county. It sits in the PJM grid region and the COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO service territory, where interconnection has averaged 4.8 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

LMP zonePJM_COMED
Wholesale LMP$33.95/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.09¢/kWh
UtilityCOMMONWEALTH EDISON COinvestor ownedmoderate to large load · terms ≥ 100 MW

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookConstrained
≈ 6.1 yrs typical interconnection wait

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

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth393
Avg queue wait4.8 yrs
Recent queue wait6.1 yrs
Completion rate21%
Withdrawal rate79%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPDataBridge Sites Aurora
IXP distance7.4 mi
Fiber providers14
Fiber coverage29.3%
Nearest cloud providerAzure
Nearest cloud regionnorthcentralus
Cloud region distance31.3 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Land contactDuPage County Assessor
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability65.0/100
Land cover (NLCD)Cultivated Crops
Former usenear retired gas plant (10km)

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintNone (0/100)
Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.60
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyClear
Hazard sub-score65/100
Construction cost index112.1 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterLincoln Rackhouse
DC distance7.4 mi
Nearest rail3.3 mi
Nearest gas pipeline0.5 mi
Nearest fiber route7.2 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (35)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity9.11¢/kWh
Industrial electricity5.67¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,100
Heating degree days5,600
Land price / acre$57,683

Regulatory climate

Restrictivestate posture · as of 2026-08

New-DC state tax exemptions suspended for 2 years (from Jul 2026).

DC tax incentiveNo / suspended

Incentive detail: Enterprise Zone sales tax exemption; High Impact Business designation for $12M+ DC investments.

Site location

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

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How does EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery compare with other sites in DuPage?

EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery ranks 40th of 67 scored candidate sites in DuPage. Its 60.5/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 61.6. It is about 11% above the Illinois average of 54.3 and about 14% above the national average of 53.2.

Against the Illinois average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (76 vs 71) and its weakest is power availability (30 vs 37). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery to power, fiber and other datacenters?

The nearest located transmission bottleneck is 116 GOOD-900 ELWO 11622 B 345 KV (PJM), 13 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is DataBridge Sites Aurora at 7.4 miles. 14 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is Lincoln Rackhouse, 7.4 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery?

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 0.60 on a 0–5 scale. No mapped wetlands are recorded on the parcel. At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates DuPage "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%
47
Fiber connectivity12%
76
Energy cost10%
93
Water risk7%
89
Natural hazard6%
65
Buildability7%
65
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
90
Land / acreage3%
40
Construction cost3%
57
Gas pipeline2%
99
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
70

Nearby comparable sites

Other scored datacenter candidate sites in DuPage, ranked by DC Readiness.

Sites near EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Electric JunctionBrownfield—304 MW4.8 yrs66.7
ELECTRIC LIGHT 345 KVSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.8 yrs66.7
ELMHURSTSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.8 yrs66.7
ITASCASubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.8 yrs66.6
TAP138235Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.8 yrs66.6
UNKNOWN122226Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.8 yrs66.6
LISLESubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.8 yrs66.6
UNKNOWN122220Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.8 yrs66.5

EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery?

EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery scores 60.5/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated good. It ranks 40th of 67 scored sites in DuPage. The DuPage average is 61.6 and the Illinois average is 54.3.

Which electric utility serves EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery?

COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO (investor owned) holds the retail service territory that contains the site; its holding company is EXELON CORP.

What grid region is EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery in?

EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery is in the PJM region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 4.8-year wait from queue request to operation.

Is EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery 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 Greene Valley Gas Recovery?

Parcel records list the owner as COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO (private land).

How far is EC Near Greene Valley Gas Recovery from an internet exchange?

The nearest internet exchange facility is DataBridge Sites Aurora, about 7.4 miles away; 14 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 Greene Valley Gas Recovery, DuPage, IL”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/illinois/dupage/ec-near-greene-valley-gas-recovery-64a89e99 (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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