Kennebec River
Name County Owner Date of FERC license issuance Date of FERC license expiration Total Capacity ( MW ) Avg Annual Generation ( MWh ) Year First Generator Online
Indian Pond Project ( Harris Station Dam ) Somerset Brookfield White Pine Hydro , LLC 1/13/2004 10/30/2036 76.4 228,241 1954
Shawmut Kennebec Brookfield White Pine Hydro , LLC 1/4/1981 1/30/2021 8.8 49,498 1913
Weston Somerset Brookfield White Pine Hydro , LLC 11/24/1997 10/30/2036 12 80,341 1920
Wyman Somerset Brookfield White Pine Hydro , LLC 11/24/1997 10/30/2036 72 389,210 1930
Williams Somerset Brookfield White Pine Hydro , LLC 11/2/2017 4/29/2054 13 93,734 1939
Abenaki Somerset Eagle Creek Madison Hydro , LLC 7/24/2003 4/29/2054 20 96,767 1950
Anson Somerset Eagle Creek Madison Hydro , LLC 7/24/2003 4/29/2054 9 43,545 1950
Lockwood Kennebec Merimil Ltd Partnership 3/3/2005 10/30/2036 2.4 11,048 1985
Hydro Kennebec Project Kennebec Hydro Kennebec LLC 10/14/1986 9/29/2036 15.4 80,882 1989
Dams -- Hydroelectricity
The following is a list of hydroelectric power stations on the Kennebec River
The Kennebec River is a river within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine. The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river flows southward. Harris Station Dam, the largest hydroelectric dam in the state, was constructed near that confluence. The river is joined at The Forks by its tributary the Dead River, also called the West Branch. It continues south past the cities of Madison, Skowhegan, Waterville, and the state capital Augusta. At Richmond, it flows into Merrymeeting Bay, a freshwater tidal bay into which also flow the Androscoggin River and five smaller rivers. The Kennebec runs past the shipbuilding center of Bath, and has its mouth at the Gulf of Maine in the Atlantic Ocean. The Southern Kennebec flows below the fall line and does not have rapids. As a consequence, ocean tides and saltwater fish species, such as the endangered Atlantic Sturgeon, can go upriver affecting the ecology as far north as Waterville, a small city located more than 35 miles inland. Tributaries of the Kennebec include the Carrabassett River, Sandy River, and Sebasticook River. Segments of the East Coast Greenway run along the Kennebec.