Nameplate capacity
8.8 MW
Rank in Maine
#69
of 274 plants
In service since
1982
January 1982
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC
- County
- Somerset County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among hydro plants in Maine
- #20 of 48
- EIA plant code
- 1504
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SH7 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.2 MW | 1.9 MW | 1982 | Operating |
| SH8 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.2 MW | 1.9 MW | 1982 | Operating |
| SH6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 2021 | Operating |
| SH1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.7 MW | 0.9 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| SH2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.7 MW | 0.9 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| SH3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.7 MW | 0.9 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| SH4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.7 MW | 0.9 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| SH5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.7 MW | 0.9 MW | 2013 | 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
| Pisgah Mountain Wind | Wind | 9.1 MW |
| Ellsworth Hydro Station | Hydro | 8.9 MW |
| Athens Energy | Other | 8.5 MW |
| Milford Hydro Station | Hydro | 7.8 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 8.8 MW solar plant and a 8.8 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