Pittsfield Hydro
Hydro power plant · Somerset County, Maine
Nameplate capacity
1.1 MW
Rank in Maine
#261
of 274 plants
In service since
1986
July 1986
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- KEI (Maine) Power Management (II) LLC
- County
- Somerset County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in Maine
- #45 of 48
- EIA plant code
- 54124
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 1986 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 1986 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 1986 | 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
| Mechanic Falls | Hydro | 1.4 MW |
| Salmon Falls | Hydro | 1.2 MW |
| Boundary Line Solar, LLC | Solar | 1.0 MW |
| Cenergy - Kiger | Solar | 1.0 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 1.1 MW solar plant and a 1.1 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