Central Maine Power Company, a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, will have crews working through Monday to restore power to customers who lost service when high winds blew through Maine on Sunday.
At 9 a.m., an estimated 5200 customers remained without service, mostly in Franklin, Oxford, and Somerset counties, including approximately 15 customers in Lincoln County.
CMP estimates that 48,500 customers lost power at some point during the storm. Nearly 50 poles were broken when high winds toppled trees and blew limbs into power lines. Restoration has been particularly challenging in parts of Franklin, Oxford, and Somerset counties, where storm debris closed roads and blocked access to some of the most remote parts of CMP’s service area.
CMP expects most of the remaining customers should have service back by late evening. However, a few customers in areas where storm debris has blocked road access may be without service into Tuesday morning.
An estimated 300 people, including lineworkers, pole-setting crews, tree crews, assessors, safety specialists, supervisors, and others, are working in the field and in CMP offices on service restoration.
CMP is also following weather forecasts that call for another storm to come through the area later this week.
