MAINE, USA — More than 12,000 Central Maine Power customers were without power Monday afternoon as Mainers deal with high temperatures across the state.
According to the CMP outage map, 14 outages affected 12,005 customers for about an hour Monday afternoon. The bulk of the affected customers were in Kennebec County, with 7,577, and Sagadahoc County, with 2,660. Lincoln and Cumberland counties also had a significant number of customers affected.
Catharine Hartnett, a spokesperson for CMP's parent company Avangrid, told NEWS CENTER Maine that as of around 5 p.m., power was restored to all customers.
She said CMP experienced "an equipment issue" at a substation in Farmingdale.
"Technicians are on-site to evaluate the problem and make repairs necessary to resolve the outage," Hartnett said. "In addition, CMP is following regional protocols to ensure power reliability in the face of high electricity demands due to heat and humidity which for now require us to postpone any non-necessary system work and review system performance."
Versant Power is not reporting any outages.
Cooling centers across the state have been opened to help people beat the heat. Click here for a list.
This story will be updated.
