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Central Maine Power Company, 83 Edison Drive, Augusta, ME 04336 (207) 622-NEWS 

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Release: Immediate  

CMP reports overnight progress in storm restoration

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 27, 2010, 7:00 a.m. — Central Maine Power Company (CMP) reports crews reduced the number of outages to 72,000 during the overnight from the peak of more than 133,000 on Friday morning. With a forecast of mild weather and more crews due to arrive from Canada, the utility expects to make good progress today.

Outages by county as of 7:00 a.m.:

County	Outages
York	25,240
Cumberland	18,489
Sagadahoc	11,150
Lincoln	10,662
Knox	5,501
Oxford	391
Androscoggin	250
Somerset	179
Waldo	115
Kennebec	112
Franklin	63
Hancock	20
Piscataquis	12
Total	72,193

Click here to see a map of storm outages and restoration progress by town.

Next update: 11:00 a.m.
 

 About Central Maine Power Company (CMP): Central Maine Power Company, a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, is Maine’s largest electricity transmission and distribution utility. The company delivers about 9 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually to more than 600,000 homes and businesses, representing about 80% of Maine’s annual consumer sales of electricity. The company has been ranked #1 in customer satisfaction three times by J.D. Power and Associates. For more information, visit cmpco.com.
 

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