# Criterion

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/criterion

Criterion Power Partners, LLC - GARRETT County - PJM

Criterion is a 70 MW onshore wind farm in Garrett County, Maryland, with a single generating unit that entered service in December 2010. The turbines sit on Backbone Mountain near Oakland, Maryland, making Criterion Maryland's first utility-scale wind project. The facility is owned by Constellation Energy Generation through its project subsidiary, Criterion Power Partners, LLC, which also operates the plant. Output and renewable energy credits are sold to Old Dominion Electric Cooperative under a 20-year supply contract signed when the project was built. The plant sells into PJM and settles at price nodes tied to the Criterion Wind Farm/Kelso Gap and Fair Wind points in Garrett County. No whole-plant or unit retirement is scheduled.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 70 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 57300 — plant-57300

## Facts

- **Technology:** Onshore Wind Turbine
- **Operator:** Criterion Power Partners, LLC

## Related parties

- **Developer / parent company:** Constellation Energy Corporation — Portfolio owner and project developer ([source](https://www.constellationenergy.com/))
- **Offtaker:** Old Dominion Electric Cooperative — Power purchaser ([source](https://www.odec.com/))
- **Interconnecting utility / balancing authority / market operator:** PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. — Transmission provider and market operator ([source](https://www.pjm.com/))
- **Transmission owner / interconnecting utility:** The Potomac Edison Company — Interconnected transmission owner ([source](https://www.firstenergycorp.com/potomac_edison.html))
- **Former owner / equipment supplier:** Clipper Windpower, Inc. — Former owner and turbine supplier
- **Equipment supplier:** GE North America — Repowering turbine supplier ([source](https://www.gevernova.com/))
- **Construction contractor:** JMS Energy — Repowering contractor
- **Asset manager:** ExGen Renewables Partners, LLC — Portfolio owner (2010–2017)
- **Equity investor:** John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) — Portfolio equity investor (49% stake, 2017–present)

## Sources

- [ecos.fws.gov](https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/plan_documents/thcp/thcp_1235.pdf) — ecos.fws.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [psc.maryland.gov](https://psc.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2009-MD-PSC-Annual-Report-on-the-Status-of-Wind-Powered-Generating-Stations-in-the-State-of-Maryland.pdf) — psc.maryland.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [constellationenergy.com](https://www.constellationenergy.com/about/locations/criterion-wind-project.html) — constellationenergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/criterion
Website: [Constellation Energy](https://www.constellationenergy.com/)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/