Most Mainers are waking up Friday morning to very windy and rainy conditions. These conditions are expected to cause sporadic power outages across the state during the day on Friday.
Though the storm will be fairly short-lived and out of town by late afternoon, it is still causing some havoc for thousands of Mainers as of Friday morning...
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.
You might be thinking this is an old story if you're familiar with the fact that it has been Maine policy for years that electric utilities like CMP cannot turn Maine resident's power off during the winter months
$250,000 is being donated by Norman and Tereasa Elvin, $250,000 is being donated by David and Kaye Flanagan, and another $250,000 from Kennebec Savings Bank.
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...