LEWISTON — Another nice day in Lewiston, another dead squirrel and another power outage. Roughly 4,000 people lost power in the downtown area Wednesday morning after a squirrel caused damage at the Lewiston Lower Substation off Lisbon Street. The squirrel did not survive. For about an hour, Central Maine Power customers in the neighborhoods along […]
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Thousands lose power in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Residents across the city are reporting power outages. Central Maine Power reported more than 4,000 homes without power at 10 a.m. Wednesday. This story will be updated. [media-credit name=”CMP outage map” link=”http://outagemap.cmpco.com/cmp/” align=”aligncenter” width=”823″][/media-credit]
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Electric bill complaints surge after cold snap, rise in ‘standard’ price
State utility officials are investigating complaints about an apparent spike in electric bills last month. Kiera Reardon, consumer adviser with the Maine Public Advocate’s Office, said she’s fielded more than a dozen complaints in the past week on top of others the office received after consumers got their bills last month. Some of the increases, […]
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Street Talk: Lights out in Lewiston
Call me crazy, but every time the power goes out, I get excited. Not just excited – exhilarated. Enthralled. Energized by a new sense of adventure and an absolute certainty that this is it. This is The Big One. The end of the world has come ’round at last and I’ve got to get my […]
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Power out across Lewiston on Saturday and Sunday caused by a failed substation
LEWISTON — A spokeswoman for Central Maine Power Co. said Sunday night that power outages in Lewiston on Saturday and Sunday were caused by a failed substation. Thousands of CMP customers were without power Saturday afternoon, according to the spokeswoman, and more than 4,500 were in the dark Sunday evening. Power was out on Lisbon […]
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CMP restoring power after storm
Fewer than 14,000 outages remain. We expect to restore to the vast majority of customers by late this evening; many will have service back much sooner. Specifics by town/road are posted at https://t.co/i8D6fRPOqZ and will be updated as more information comes in. 2/2 — Central Maine Power (@cmpco) January 24, 2018 Officials are keeping an […]
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CMP says October windstorm cost it $69 million; customers to see higher bills
The October windstorm that knocked out power to an unprecedented number of Mainers could cost the typical Central Maine Power customer a total of about $16. CMP executives held a conference call Thursday before filing a 141-page response to the Maine Public Utilities Commission, which initiated an investigation last month of how CMP dealt with […]
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Blizzard shrieks across region
Happy New Year. Now get out there and shovel. A blizzard roared through Maine on Thursday, dumping more than a foot of snow that was then blown into great heaps by winds gusting to 50 mph. The storm began Thursday morning, dropping 13 inches on Lewiston throughout the day. By 8 p.m., 15 inches had […]
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CMP customers warned of power bill scam
Portland-area law enforcement officials are warning of a telephone scam threatening Central Maine Power customers with power disconnection unless they pay bills with prepaid cards. Residential electricity customers are protected from immediate disconnection during the winter, and power companies never demand payment with prepaid cards, CMP spokeswoman Gail Rice said. “This is not new; scammers […]
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Maine PUC opens inquiry into storm response by CMP, Emera
The Maine Public Utilities Commission voted Tuesday to open an inquiry into responses by the state’s electric companies in restoring power after last October’s destructive storm. It asked Central Maine Power and Emera Maine to file a report detailing their responses and lessons learned in 30 days. It also said it wanted to know how […]