Skip to content
Gridcensus

EC Coal Harrison County

Greenfield

Harrison County, West Virginia · PJM

DC Readiness
60.7
Good / 100

At a glance

EC Coal Harrison County is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Harrison County, West Virginia, scoring 60.7/100 DC Readiness — 28th of 104 scored sites in the county. It sits in the PJM grid region and the HARRISON RURAL ELEC ASSN, INC service territory, where interconnection has averaged 3.0 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

LMP zonePJM_APS
Wholesale LMP$43.66/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.11¢/kWh
UtilityHARRISON RURAL ELEC ASSN, INCnot available

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookFavorable
≈ 3.0 yrs typical interconnection wait

Shorter queues and healthier completion here — a faster path to energization than the national norm.

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth130
Avg queue wait3.0 yrs
Recent queue wait3.0 yrs
Completion rate23%
Withdrawal rate77%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPCitynet Bridgeport
IXP distance3.7 mi
Fiber providers6
Fiber coverage71.1%
Nearest cloud providerGCP
Nearest cloud regionus-east5
Cloud region distance79.3 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Parcel ownerSnyder Wayne D
Land contactHarrison County County Assessor
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability50.0/100
Land cover (NLCD)Mixed Forest
Former usecoal adjacent

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintLow (30/100)
Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.40
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteDODD CONSTRUCTION INC
Hazard sub-score68/100
Construction cost index114.6 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterCitynet Bridgeport
DC distance3.7 mi
Nearest rail1.7 mi
Nearest gas pipeline2.5 mi
Nearest fiber route51.8 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Low (22)
DC tax incentiveNo
Commercial electricity10.92¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.71¢/kWh
Cooling degree days800
Heating degree days5,000
Land price / acre$3,496

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

◆ Loading map…
≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
This site + 8 nearby

Get alerts

Track EC Coal Harrison County

Get an email when its DC-readiness score, available capacity, or interconnection-queue status changes.

No spam. Just the alerts you asked for.

How does EC Coal Harrison County compare with other sites in Harrison County?

EC Coal Harrison County ranks 28th of 104 scored candidate sites in Harrison County. Its 60.7/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 57.4. It is about 17% above the West Virginia average of 52.0 and about 14% above the national average of 53.2.

Against the West Virginia average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (91 vs 60) and its weakest is natural hazard (68 vs 77). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is EC Coal Harrison County to power, fiber and other datacenters?

For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is Citynet Bridgeport at 3.7 miles. 6 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is Citynet Bridgeport, 3.7 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at EC Coal Harrison County?

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 0.40 on a 0–5 scale. No mapped wetlands are recorded on the parcel. A Superfund site is nearby (DODD CONSTRUCTION INC). At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Harrison County "Relatively Low".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
50
Fiber connectivity12%
91
Energy cost10%
85
Water risk7%
90
Natural hazard6%
68
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
90
Land / acreage3%
51
Construction cost3%
55
Gas pipeline2%
92
Tax incentive1%
0
Climate / cooling1%
85

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near EC Coal Harrison County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
HARRISONSubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW3.0 yrs70.2
EC Coal Harrison CountyGreenfield——3.0 yrs65.2
EC Coal Harrison CountyGreenfield——3.0 yrs64.9
EC Coal Harrison CountyGreenfield——3.0 yrs64.8
OZ HarrisonGreenfield——3.0 yrs64.1
EC Coal Harrison CountyGreenfield——3.0 yrs63.7
EC FFE Harrison CountyGreenfield——3.0 yrs63.3
UNKNOWN108751Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW3.0 yrs63.3

EC Coal Harrison County: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of EC Coal Harrison County?

EC Coal Harrison County scores 60.7/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated good. It ranks 28th of 104 scored sites in Harrison County. The Harrison County average is 57.4 and the West Virginia average is 52.0.

Which electric utility serves EC Coal Harrison County?

HARRISON RURAL ELEC ASSN, INC (not available) holds the retail service territory that contains the site.

What grid region is EC Coal Harrison County in?

EC Coal Harrison County is in the PJM region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 3.0-year wait from queue request to operation.

Is EC Coal Harrison County 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 Coal Harrison County?

Parcel records list the owner as Snyder Wayne D (private land).

How far is EC Coal Harrison County from an internet exchange?

The nearest internet exchange facility is Citynet Bridgeport, about 3.7 miles away; 6 fiber providers report service at the location.

Related pages

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 Coal Harrison County, Harrison County, WV”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/west-virginia/harrison-county/ec-coal-harrison-county-89536f0f (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.

Go deeper than the public screen

Every site and score for EC Coal Harrison County, Harrison County is free to browse. Pro adds Watchtower on 25 sites, alerts when new candidate sites, datacenters or interconnection-queue requests appear in your markets, score and capacity history, and CSV export. Enterprise adds team seats, weekly data files for all 147,272 sites, the REST API and an MCP server for AI tools.