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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Emera, CMP agree to work together on wind power transmission projects
PORTLAND — The state’s two biggest electric utilities have agreed to work together on future power transmission projects in response to a plan by the six New England governors to address the region’s power needs. Central Maine Power Co. said in a statement Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Emera identifying […]
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Emera crews restoring power in northern Maine
LIMESTONE — More than 1,200 homes and businesses in northern Maine are without power after a power outage in Limestone. Emera Maine says in a statement Monday that crews are patrolling power lines to isolate the location and cause of the outage, which affected 1,278 meters in Aroostook County. The utility says it expects power […]
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Logging accident caused Saturday outage in Washington County
COLUMBIA — A logging accident was responsible for a power outage that left more than 5,000 Emera Maine customers in Washington County without electricity for a couple of hours Saturday, utility officials said Sunday. The power outage was caused when logging activity contacted a power line between Epping and Columbia Falls, near Epping Road, Emera […]