McKay P-2572

General information
Waterway	West Branch Penobscot River
Current status	Active
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Peaking
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-2572
FERC project name	Ripogenus
Permit issued	10/17/96
Permit expiration	9/26/26
Ownership and operation
Owner	Great Lakes Hydro America LLC
Owner type	Wholesale Power Marketer
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1917
Transmission or distribution system owner	Emera Maine
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	3
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	37.6 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	197,413.5 MWH

Please see additional project information in this 2020 factsheet created by Kaitlyn Raffier, Sharon Klein, and Emma Fox as part of the Future of Dams collaborative research project between the University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, and others.

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