Central Maine Power Highlights Expansive Community Outreach and Volunteer Impact in 2025
Central Maine Power employees volunteered nearly 7,000 hours with community organizations along with expanding new outreach programs
AUGUSTA, ME – February 11, 2026 – Central Maine Power (CMP), a subsidiary of Avangrid, is proud to announce a strong commitment to its 2025 community outreach and volunteer initiatives, reaffirming the company’s commitment to supporting the communities it serves across Maine.
In 2025, CMP employees volunteered more than 6,800 hours across the state, supported community partners, and expanded new outreach programs designed to strengthen relationships with customers and provide greater transparency around company operations and infrastructure investments.
“We are proud of the dedication our employees show every day, not only in the work they do to provide safe and reliable power for our neighbors, but in the hours they invest in the communities where they live and work,” said Katie Yates, Director of Community Relations for Central Maine Power. “Our 2025 outreach and volunteer efforts reflect CMP’s ongoing commitment to serving Maine with respect, collaboration, and meaningful engagement.”
CMP introduced two new outreach opportunities that played a major role in strengthening CMP’s community presence.
Storm Response in Your Community Presentations
Launched in 2025, this program brings CMP teams directly into communities to explain how CMP prepares for and restores power during major weather events. Presentations also outline infrastructure investments (such as stronger poles, covered wire, and upgrades to aging equipment) designed to improve reliability in the face of increasingly extreme storms.
Community Open Houses for Capital Projects
CMP introduced open house sessions in communities where upcoming capital projects are planned. These events provide early insight into project goals and timelines and encourage twoway dialogue rather than one directional presentations. Customer feedback helps inform project approaches, and adjustments are made when feasible to minimize local impacts.
In addition, CMP continued to host nearly 80 Community Connection events statewide. These walk-in, in-person sessions are where customers can speak directly with CMP representatives about billing questions, service needs, and other account inquiries in a convenient, face-to-face format.
CMP’s Public Education team hosted 363 education presentations to schools, fairs, first responders, contractors and municipalities, reaching more than 10,000 people to help communities understand CMP’s system, respond safely to electrical emergencies, and use CMP corridors responsibly.
CMP employees volunteered with numerous organizations in 2025, including Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, Portland Trails, Junior Achievement, Spectrum Generations, Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, Make A Wish Maine, Augusta Food Bank, American Cancer Society, Wayside Food Programs, Girls Scouts, MaineNeeds, Sweetser, and Travis Mills Foundation, among others.
CMP was honored with the 2025 Sweetser Star – Corporate Partner Award and the United Way of Kennebec Valley’s Norm Temple Community Volunteer Award. The recognition is especially meaningful as it is named after Norm Temple, a former CMP Vice President who championed volunteerism and left a legacy of community service.
About Central Maine Power: Central Maine Power Company (CMP), a subsidiary of Avangrid, Inc., is Maine’s largest electricity transmission and distribution utility. Established in 1899 and based in Augusta, Maine, CMP serves approximately 660,000 customers across 346 communities in central and southern Maine. It operates approximately 23,500 miles of distribution lines and 2,900 miles of transmission lines. Over the last decade, the company has invested approximately $3.5 billion in Maine system infrastructure. For more information, visit www.cmpco.com.
About Avangrid Foundation: The Avangrid Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization that funds philanthropic investments that primarily impact communities where Avangrid, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate. Since 2001, the Avangrid Foundation and its predecessors have invested more than $42.4 million in partnerships that focus on building sustainable, vital and healthy communities; preserving cultural and artistic heritage; advancing education; and improving people’s lives. The Avangrid Foundation is committed to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the United States. For more information, please visit https://www.avangrid.com/avangrid-foundation.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, and Oregon, including operations in 23 states with approximately $48 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and power. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.4 million customers in New York and New England. Through its power generation business, Avangrid owns and operates 80 energy generation facilities across the United States producing 10.5 GW of power for over 3.1 million customers. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens in 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2025 for the seventh consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit http://www.avangrid.com.