Emera

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's two major utility companies are still working to restore power in the wake of a storm that throttled the state.

Decent weather is helping CMP and Emera make good progress on utility repairs, said Stephen McCausland, Public Safety Spokesman.

Emera Maine said a fallen tree against a transmission line feeding the region caused the large scale power outage in Aroostook County Tuesday evening.

Mars Hill will have a two-hour service interruption at 10 p.m. Tuesday, September 26 as Emera performs maintenance at the subtstaion.

Emera Maine crews are scheduled to perform maintenance to the electrical system that will help improve service to customers in Blaine and Bridgewater on Monday, September 11.

Emera Maine is replacing a broken pole after a truck crash near Wal-Mart in Presque Isle on Friday morning.

With a major storm forecast for Sunday night into Monday, Emera Maine is busy with efforts to ensure equipment and crews are ready throughout its service territory.

Maine State Police are working to recover a set of UTV tracks that were allegedly stolen from a vehicle parked at an Emera Maine job site in Littleton.

Emera Maine crews are busily responding a widespread and scattered power outages across our service territory today.

A unique mix of two back-to-back storms, each bringing more than a foot of heavy, wet snow, prior to frost setting in, caused widespread damage to the electrical system in northern Maine.