Central Maine Power Co. reported almost 1,900 customers without power Saturday evening.
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Colby College to launch program in Port Clyde to help Maine communities tackle natural disasters
The Center for Resilience and Economic Impact is set to open in 2026, college officials say.
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CMP seeks $228 million for 2024 storm repair costs
The utility says it responded to 25 storms in 2024, including a March ice storm and April nor’easter that affected the large majority of its 650,000 customers.
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CMP spent $24.5 million on storm cleanups in Maine in 2024
The impact on rates from the storms — which knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers in October, November and December — is not yet known.
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CMP costs for ‘service agreements’ with other utilities under scrutiny
Tens of millions of dollars could be at stake for customers as the state Public Advocate looks into expenses split among 7 Avangrid subsidiaries.
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Maine spends $6.6 million to strengthen independent electric grids
A distribution system, underwater cable, poles, power lines and other equipment will be replaced and upgraded to prepare for storms.
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Texas officials say restoring electricity will take days after Beryl knocked out power to millions
Beryl slammed into Texas on Monday, unleashing heavy rains that prompted dozens of high-water rescues.
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CMP bills to rise at least $10 a month; destructive storms blamed
State regulators approve the increase to cover the $220 million cost of restoring power after recent storms, and promise a proceeding in the ‘near future’ to consider how to balance storm response with affordability.
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Storm-driven high tides pummel Maine coast for 3rd day
Coastal flooding dogged southern Maine for a third day Sunday as astronomically high tides and the remnants of a powerful nor’easter that knocked out power to more than 1.8 million homes and businesses to the south of Maine continued to batter the region. Powerful ocean swells tore through rock sea walls and washed away dunes […]
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Storms knock down trees in Livermore Falls, Franklin County
LIVERMORE FALLS — A thunder and lightning storm with strong winds knocked down seven trees early Tuesday on a ¾-mile stretch of Campground Road, Deputy Fire Chief Alan Chretien said. One of the trees took down a power line, he said. Central Maine Power Co. workers were on the scene at about 4 a.m. Chretien […]