PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s largest utility is warning customers that it’s going to take at least “several days” to restore electricity following a storm that lashed the state with high winds, rain and snow.
John Carroll from Central Maine Power says 119,000 homes and businesses are in the dark right now. Bangor Hydro Electric Co. says it has more than 10,000 customers in the dark, as well.
That’s comparable with a winter storm in February of 2009 that left about 130,000 customers in the dark at its peak.
As in that storm, Gov. John Baldacci declared a state of emergency to extend the hours that power crews can work to restore electricity. Carroll says it’s going to be a long slog for those line workers.
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