Central Maine Power

Here are the number of power outages that have been reported to Central Maine Power.

Not only did yesterday's high winds knock out power to thousands of Mainers across the region, but according to WMTW News 8, a house that was under construction in South Portland actually blew down.

There has also been a fair amount of confusion regarding the different portions of the overall electric bill. Maine residents will see a 'supply' portion and a 'delivery' portion.

We've received word that part of North Belfast Avenue (Route 3) has been shut down from the Weeks Mills Road up to Bolton Hill following an apparent early-morning car accident.

Hearing this story takes me back a few years.  Specifically, it takes me back to 2018.  Remember when, during the summer and fall of 2018, we were constantly losing power thanks to squirrels climbing on the power lines?  Here in Augusta, we lost power numerous times between July and late-September...

a woman is uninjured following a crash yesterday afternoon on River Ave in Gardiner that resulted in her car landing in the Kennebec River.

According to the KJ the report finds that CMP's metering and billing system has been, in fact, reporting electricity usage and bill rates accurately.

The latest CMP mishap told 62,000 customers they will be getting a credit on their next bill. That message was only supposed to go to 122 customers.

Are you one of them?

It might not quite be the 'Ice Storm of '98', but the 'Ice Storm of '13' is certainly causes plenty of problems in Central Maine. As of 4 a.m. on Tuesday, December 24, 2013, Central Maine Power is reporting almost 78,000 customers without power and Kennebec County being hit the hardest. In Kennebec Country, CMP has 69,124 customers and 32,869 are without electricity as of 4 a.m.

With some areas of Maine experiencing freezing rain off and on since Saturday afternoon, power outages in Maine have been occurring and are likely to increase throughout the day with more ice on the way. Here's the latest power outage numbers from Central Maine Power Co.