EC Lycoming Coal Area
GreenfieldLycoming County, Pennsylvania · PJM
At a glance
EC Lycoming Coal Area is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, scoring 47.8/100 DC Readiness — 76th of 83 scored sites in the county. It sits in the PJM grid region and the PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORP service territory, where interconnection has averaged 3.6 years from request to operation.
Power & interconnection
Speed to power
Deep queue and long historical waits — plan for a multi-year interconnection timeline and engage the utility early.
Connectivity
Site characteristics
Risk & environment
Location context
Regulatory climate
No notable statewide DC restriction on record; confirm local zoning and utility tariffs.
Incentive detail: Keystone Opportunity Zone/KOEZ sales and property tax exemptions in designated areas.
Site location
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How does EC Lycoming Coal Area compare with other sites in Lycoming County?
EC Lycoming Coal Area ranks 76th of 83 scored candidate sites in Lycoming County. Its 47.8/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 50.3. It is roughly in line with the Pennsylvania average of 51.8 and about 10% below the national average of 53.2.
Against the Pennsylvania average, its strongest sub-score is natural hazard (72 vs 71) and its weakest is fiber connectivity (18 vs 68). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.
How close is EC Lycoming Coal Area to power, fiber and other datacenters?
The nearest located transmission bottleneck is ELIMSPOR-SUNBURY A 230 KV (PJM), 27 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is Windstream - State College at 34.5 miles. 12 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is Windstream - State College, 34.5 miles away.
What are the flood, water and hazard risks at EC Lycoming Coal Area?
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 0.50 on a 0–5 scale. No mapped wetlands are recorded on the parcel. At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Lycoming County "Relatively Moderate".
Full DC Readiness breakdown
All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.
Nearby comparable sites
Other scored datacenter candidate sites in Lycoming County, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYCOMING | Substation-Adjacent | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.6 yrs | 58.8 |
| UNKNOWN123662 | Substation-Adjacent | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.6 yrs | 58.7 |
| ELIMSPORT | Substation-Adjacent | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.6 yrs | 58.5 |
| UNKNOWN124465 | Substation-Adjacent | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.6 yrs | 57.3 |
| EC Lycoming Coal Area | Greenfield | — | — | 3.6 yrs | 57.1 |
| EC Lycoming Coal Area | Greenfield | — | — | 3.6 yrs | 56.5 |
| EC Coal Lycoming County | Greenfield | — | — | 3.6 yrs | 56.2 |
| EC Lycoming Coal Area | Greenfield | — | — | 3.6 yrs | 55.3 |
EC Lycoming Coal Area: common questions
What is the DC Readiness score of EC Lycoming Coal Area?
EC Lycoming Coal Area scores 47.8/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated fair. It ranks 76th of 83 scored sites in Lycoming County. The Lycoming County average is 50.3 and the Pennsylvania average is 51.8.
Which electric utility serves EC Lycoming Coal Area?
PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORP (investor owned) holds the retail service territory that contains the site; its holding company is PPL CORPORATION.
What grid region is EC Lycoming Coal Area in?
EC Lycoming Coal Area is in the PJM region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 3.6-year wait from queue request to operation.
Is EC Lycoming Coal Area 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 Lycoming Coal Area?
Parcel records list the owner as PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORP (private land).
How far is EC Lycoming Coal Area from an internet exchange?
The nearest internet exchange facility is Windstream - State College, about 34.5 miles away; 12 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 Lycoming Coal Area, Lycoming County, PA”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/pennsylvania/lycoming-county/ec-lycoming-coal-area-76b21780 (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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