Bar Mills P-2194

General information
Waterway	Saco River
Current status	Active
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Peaking
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-2194
FERC project name	Bar Mills
Permit issued	8/21/08
Permit expiration	7/27/48
Ownership and operation
Owner	Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC.
Owner type	Wholesale Power Marketer
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1956
Transmission or distribution system owner	Central Maine Power Co
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	2
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	4.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	15,989.4 MWH

The Bar Mills Project consists of a 364-foot-long, 7-foot-high concrete gravity dam that impounds a 263-acre, 5.3-mile-long reservoir. The powerhouse contains two 2.0-MW generating units that discharge water into a 200-foot-long tailrace.

Project power is transmitted through a 30-foot-long, 34/2.4 kilovolt (kV) transmission line connected to the regional grid.