Versant Power Outage Update 9 p.m. December 12 [UPDATE]

9 p.m. UPDATE - As of 9 p.m. Versant had 8.295 customers without power. If you do NOT have power by 10 p.m. on Thursday, December 12th you should prepare to be without power overnight.

Power outages remain as follows:

Aroostook County - 1
Hancock County - 5,360
Penobscot County - 2,932
Washington County - 2
Waldo County - 0
Piscataquis County 0

Most customers without power are expected to have service restored by the end of the day on Friday, with any remaining customers restored on Saturday.

4 p.m. UPDATE - Versant has been able to bring back power to about 21,000 customers

Power Outages remain as follows

Aroostook County - 16,968
Hancock County - 10,927
Penobscot County - 11,569
Piscataquis County - 124
Waldo County - 24
Washington County - 380

Versant expects to have most Aroostook County customers restored by the end of Thursday. Most other customers will be restored by the end of the day on Friday, with any remaining customers restored on Saturday.

Versant Power had slightly over 60,000 customers without power as of 11 a.m. on Thursday, December 12th.

Power outages were as follow

Aroostook County - 23,795
Hancock County - 16,268
Piscataquis County - 15,647
Waldo County - 624
Penobscot County - 230
Washington County 3,445

You can view the live outage map HERE

Crews are prioritizing public safety issues, such as the many reports of downed lines they have received. Those who are not responding to public safety issues are assessing damage which is necessary for Versant to plan to bring the most customers online at a time.

Customers are urged to stay clear of downed lines or trees in contact with them. Workers will remain in the field making repairs until all customers are fully restored.

Restoration is expected to continue over several days and more detailed information will be available once the extent of the damage is known.