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The following statement was issued this evening, Sept. 16, 2023, at approximately 7 p.m., by CMP spokesperson Jon Breed: “We are currently responding to damage in the wake of Hurricane Lee, and our crews are working to restore power to those...
A state of emergency was declared in Maine Thursday ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Lee this weekend, which prompted the National Weather Service to declare...
Gov. Janet Mills asked President Biden to preemptively provide federal resources to support the state's response to the storm, which is expected to hit Friday night and Saturday.
Crews were deployed to restore electricity, and the number of CMP customers without power had fallen to just over 2,000 by Saturday morning.
While Maine's advocate for ratepayers says the utility exceeded staffing guidelines in 12 of 23 storms in 2022, the company says it spent the money to restore power more quickly and to avoid the criticism that has contributed to a referendum calling for a publicly owned utility.