BANGOR — Emera Maine crews on Monday morning continued to repair damage done by the remnants of Hurricane Arthur over the weekend, bringing the number of homes and businesses without power down to about 3,600 as of 5:30 a.m. More than 2,500 of those outages were located in Washington County with another 800 in Hancock […]
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Weather knocks out power to about 1,300 Emera customers
BANGOR — A Maine utility is working to restore power to more than 1,300 customers in several counties in the state. A total of 1,353 Emera Maine customers are without power due to weather conditions. Most of the customers are in northern Penobscot and Piscataquis counties, while some are in southern Penobscot, Hancock and Washington […]
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Utilities won’t know price tag of ice damage for several weeks
BANGOR — Officials with Maine’s electric utilities say it likely will be two weeks to a month before they get an accurate estimate of the costs associated with the year-end ice storm. The storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of Mainers, and Emera Maine, formerly Bangor Hydro Electric Co., and Central Maine Power, […]
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‘New name, same commitment’ — Bangor Hydro, Maine Public Service to become Emera Maine
PRESQUE ISLE — Customers of Bangor Hydro Electric Co. and Maine Public Service Co. will soon begin to receive notices about their electricity bill from a new company, though in name only. At a Monday afternoon news conference at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle, Bangor Hydro Electric and Maine Public Service announced they […]