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West Buxton

Hydro power plant · York County, Maine

Nameplate capacity
7.7 MW
Rank in Maine
#72
of 274 plants
In service since
1927
January 1927

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC
County
York County
Generating units
6
Share of state capacity
0.12%
Rank among hydro plants in Maine
#22 of 48
EIA plant code
1508

Generating units

Individual generating units at West Buxton
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
WB6Conventional Hydroelectric4.0 MW4.0 MW1927Operating
WB3Conventional Hydroelectric1.1 MW1.1 MW2020Operating
WB4Conventional Hydroelectric0.7 MW0.7 MW2007Operating
WB5Conventional Hydroelectric0.7 MW0.7 MW2004Operating
WB1Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.6 MW1982Operating
WB2Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.6 MW1982Operating

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 7.7 MW solar plant and a 7.7 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