FARMINGTON — The number of Central Maine Power customers in Franklin County still without power dropped significantly by late afternoon Tuesday.

Crews worked steadily to restore power to the approximately 627 customers who woke to start the day without power Tuesday. 

By 4:30 p.m., 13 customers in Franklin County remained without power, according to a CMP spokesman.

A total of about 400 customers of the nearly 3,000 in central and southern Maine who lost power Monday were still without power, he said. That number represents 128 customers in Somerset County, 92 in Penobscot, 88 in Piscatiquis and the 13 in Franklin County, he said.

On Tuesday morning, CMP’s goal was to have all customers in the central and southern Maine coverage area back online by 6 p.m., Gail Rice spokesman for CMP. 

Some customers in Industry, Weld, Chesterville, Wilton, New Sharon, Farmington and a few in Jay continued into Tuesday without power. Most of the damage was caused by Monday’s storm, she said.

Additional crews are being sent to the areas without power Tuesday to help get power back on by Tuesday night, she said.

A faulty transformer at the Sturtevant Substation off the Farmington Falls Road, or Route 2, in Farmington left nearly 3,800 additional customers without power Monday night. The power went out shortly before 6 p.m. Monday and was restored at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Monday’s storm dumped heavy, wet snow and iced limbs and branches, which then came down on lines, she said.  The transformer took out power throughout downtown Farmington.

CMP engineers, substation personnel and line crews worked to move a mobile substation in to restore the power to Farmington customers, she said. The mobile unit will remain in place until the substation is repaired or replaced.

“The storm did a lot of damage. It was a long day and a long night. Crews were set back with the snow and wind and driving conditions were difficult Monday,” she said.

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