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Name: Rumford
Location: Rumford, Maine, U.S.A.
Fuel source: Natural gas
Type of generating plant: Gas-fired combined cycle
Year commissioned: 2000
Capacity: 265 MW
% Owned/Operater: 100/100

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Rumford Power


  • Highly efficient natural-gas-fired facility that fits Capital Power’s technology and operating focus
  • Operated as a mid-merit generation unit
  • Sells its output, on an hourly basis, into the New England Power Pool, one of the most advanced and liquid markets in the United States
  • The facility is an Exempt Wholesale Generator and has Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorization to sell capacity, energy, and ancillary services at market-based rates
  • Part of Capital Power’s networked hub of assets in the U.S. Northeast, one of Capital Power’s target markets
  • Uses a single-fuel GE 7FA power island, which is the same technology as our Tiverton facility

Last Updated: March 12, 2012