LEWISTON — A man escaped apparent injury Monday night when his car struck a utility pole and flipped over on Horton Street, Lewiston police officer Zachary Provost said. Eyewitneses said the driver ran a stop sign and his car clipped one he was trying to miss, struck a utility pole and rolled several times, landing […]
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Power poles replacing trees as CMP project continues
LEWISTON — People on both sides of the Androscoggin River north of downtown soon will see new power-line poles going up, replacing the trees that were cut down last month. Chris Marshall, spokesman for Burns and McDonnell Engineers, said workers are cutting trees and pouring concrete foundations for Central Maine Power’s new Lewiston Loop project. […]
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Central Maine Power warning customers of scammers
AUGUSTA (AP) — Central Maine Power is warning customers of a “surge” of telephone scam attempts. The utility said scammers are calling business and residential customers and saying they either missed a payment or that their payment wasn’t processed properly. Company officials they’ve received hundreds of scam reports that callers are instructing customers to buy […]
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Mainers urged to watch for power lines when clearing snow
AUGUSTA — Utility officials are urging residents to be careful around power lines when clearing snow this winter. Central Maine Power Co. warns that things like ladders, roof rakes and bucket loaders that conduct electricity can become extremely dangerous when they come in contact with a power line. The company says that someone can experience […]
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Maine power outages minimal during storm
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s utilities are reporting just a couple of dozen customers without power in the wake of a massive blizzard that left two feet or more of snow in its wake in some spots. Central Maine Power Co. had 13 outages as of Wednesday morning; while Emera Maine was reporting 18. Emera says […]
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CMP, Emera announce wind power project in Bridgewater
PORTLAND — The state’s two largest utilities on Wednesday announced plans for a transmission project to what would be the state’s single-largest wind turbine project in Bridgewater. Central Maine Power Co. and Emera Maine said the transmission plan to connect the planned 250-megawatt wind farm to New England’s grid would allow developer EDP Renewables to […]
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High winds knock out power
LEWISTON — Monday’s strong winds are responsible for power outages, according to Central Maine Power. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory — 20 to 30 mph winds with gusts as high as 55 mph are forecast — for Monday. In Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, downed power lines are affecting: Auburn: 26 Carthage: […]
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CMP restoring power in Franklin County
Tuesday’s Nor’easter cut power to hundreds of Central Maine Power and Emera customers, but most of the outages affected Franklin County customers. As of 8:28 a.m. Wednesday, 207 CMP customers in Franklin County were without power. Weather cut electricity service in Carrabassett Valley, 52, Kingfield, 114, Coplin Plantation, 1, and New Sharon, 1. At the […]
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Lewiston loses power after squirrel gets into substation
Central Maine Power reported that a squirrel got into a substation shortly before noon. The squirrel “got into some energized equipment and he became part of the path to ground,” according to CMP. They were able to restore power at about 1:45 p.m. At one point, CMP reported more than 6,300 customers were without power. […]
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Utility workers find odd cache under sidewalk in Lewiston
LEWISTON — A crew working to repair a damaged power line made an odd discovery under Park Street on Friday morning: a cache of candy, clothes and plastic bags containing notes hidden in a transformer vault. CMP workers on the scene, who declined to be identified, said it appeared that someone had been sleeping in […]