Anson Abenaki Hydros
Hydro power plant · Somerset County, Maine
Nameplate capacity
29 MW
Rank in Maine
#35
of 274 plants
In service since
1950
January 1950
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC
- County
- Somerset County
- Generating units
- 13
- Share of state capacity
- 0.47%
- Rank among hydro plants in Maine
- #5 of 48
- EIA plant code
- 10186
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 3.0 MW | 2.2 MW | 1983 | Operating |
| AB3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 3.0 MW | 2.2 MW | 1983 | Operating |
| AB4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 3.0 MW | 2.2 MW | 1983 | Operating |
| AB6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 3.0 MW | 2.6 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| AB2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.7 MW | 2.2 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| AB5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.5 MW | 2.2 MW | 1961 | Operating |
| AB7 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.5 MW | 2.2 MW | 1950 | Operating |
| AN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1984 | Operating |
| AN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1984 | Operating |
| AN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1984 | Operating |
| AN4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1984 | Operating |
| AN5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1984 | Operating |
| AB8 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 1989 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Maine
| Bull Hill Wind Project | Wind | 35 MW |
| Saddleback Ridge Wind Farm | Wind | 34 MW |
| Red Shield Envir Old Town Facility | Other | 29 MW |
| Charles E Monty | Hydro | 28 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 29 MW solar plant and a 29 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Maine power plants · What Maine actually generates