PPL Maine - Hydro
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At a Glance |
- Along the Penobscot River Basin and Union River in Maine
- 18-megawatt generating capacity*
- Hydro
- 100 percent ownership of three stations
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PPL Maine has three hydroelectric plants with about 18 megawatts of generating capacity.
PPL Maine acquired the hydroelectric plants in 1999 along with an 8.33 percent (about 52 megawatts) interest in Wyman Unit 4, a 620-megawatt, oil-fired power plant in Yarmouth, Maine. In 2009, PPL completed the sale of five other hydroelectric projects to an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, and the ownership interest in a sixth plant.
In 2003, PPL offered a coalition of environmental groups, government agencies and the Penobscot Indian Nation an option to buy three hydroelectric dams (Veazie, Great Works and Howland). Two dams would be demolished and a third bypassed, clearing the way for migrating salmon, shad, river herring and other sea-run fish species to return to 500 miles of Maine rivers.
The sale agreement is pending approval of federal and state government agencies.
The three hydroelectric plants are:
- Great Works hydroelectric plant, 8 megawatts
(South Main Street, Old Town, ME 04468)
- Howland hydroelectric plant, 2 megawatts
(Bridge Street, Howland, ME 04448)
- Veazie hydroelectric plant, 8 megawatts
(River Road, Veazie, ME 04401)
* Approximate winter rating net capacity