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Deer Rips

Hydro power plant · Androscoggin County, Maine

Nameplate capacity
6.5 MW
Rank in Maine
#81
of 274 plants
In service since
2003
January 2003

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC
County
Androscoggin County
Generating units
7
Share of state capacity
0.11%
Rank among hydro plants in Maine
#27 of 48
EIA plant code
1488

Generating units

Individual generating units at Deer Rips
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
DR6Conventional Hydroelectric1.8 MW1.7 MW2019Operating
DR7Conventional Hydroelectric1.0 MW0.9 MW2024Operating
DR3Conventional Hydroelectric0.9 MW0.8 MW2006Operating
DR4Conventional Hydroelectric0.8 MW0.7 MW2011Operating
DR5Conventional Hydroelectric0.8 MW0.7 MW2013Operating
DR1Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.7 MW2003Operating
DR2Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.7 MW2003Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 6.5 MW solar plant and a 6.5 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