Power plant · Maine, United States

Androscoggin Energy Center

Androscoggin Energy Center is a closed gas power plant in Maine, United States, with 164 MW of capacity, operated by JGT2 Energy LLC.

Grid connection

It closed in 2025, which freed up a 164 MW grid connection at 115 kV to the grid of Central Maine Power Co, unless it has been reassigned since.

Retiring power plants in the United States

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Maine	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Closed	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1999	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
End year	2025	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	JGT2 Energy LLC	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	164 MW (nameplate of its retired generators)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Central Maine Power Co	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	115 kV	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	44.5063, -70.2423	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Androscoggin Energy Center is the 4th-largest of 4 power plants in Maine and the 915th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 164 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Maine	4th of 4	2,140 MW	7.6%
United States	915th of 1,009	917,512 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	2,025th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

1999Started operating
2025Retired

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 mines (1 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Mount Mica	Mine	—	Idle	32 km
Crooker Mine	Mine	—	Operating	37 km

Operator, grid operator and place

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Data on this page

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Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
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