YARMOUTH – Central Maine Power says it’s restored power to nearly all of the 6,000 customers in Cumberland, Androscoggin and Somerset counties who were without power earlier in the day.
The utility says a transmission line coming out of the Yarmouth substation was out, causing the problem.
The total number of customers affected, more than 6,000 Sunday morning, was down to 19 by mid-afternoon.
PREVIOUS UPDATE:
More than 6,000 people in Cumberland County are without power, and Central Maine Power Co. has not determined the cause of the outage.
A piece of transmission line coming out of the Yarmouth substation is out, but CMP doesn’t know why — or how long it will take to fix.
The outage, which began at 9:14 a.m., is affecting 6,123 customers in Gray, New Gloucester, Raymond, Cumberland, Falmouth, Windham, Durham and Pownal, according to CMP.
A recording on the company’s hotline from 9:20 a.m. estimated power would be restored in two hours, but a spokeswoman said the company couldn’t predict the amount of time the restoration would take because the cause is still unknown.
A dispatcher at Cumberland County Regional Communications said the outage has affected several traffic lights, but as of 10:30 a.m., no accidents had occurred as a result.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Send questions/comments to the editors.
Success. Please wait for the page to reload. If the page does not reload within 5 seconds, please refresh the page.
Enter your email and password to access comments.
Hi, to comment on stories you must . This profile is in addition to your subscription and website login.
Already have a commenting profile? .
Invalid username/password.
Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration.
Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please subscribe or login first for digital access. Here’s why.
Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.