ME

West Enfield P-2600

General information

Waterway  Penobscot River
Current status   Active license 
Type of facility Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation Run-of-river
Type of permit FERC License

FERC information

FERC docket # P-2600
FERC project name West Enfield
Permit issued 6/21/84
Permit expiration 5/27/24

Ownership and operation

Owner Bangor Pacific Operating Co
Owner type Private Non-utility
Year first online (conventional hydro) 1988
Transmission or distribution system owner Emera Maine

Power and generating capacity

Number of units 2
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant 13.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation 102,931.8 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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