power outages

Emera Maine crews have been working through the night and were able to restore service to another 4,000 customers affected by Monday's severe windstorm.

Emera Maine crews continue to make steady progress in restoring power to areas throughout the County after being battered by the recent storms.

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

Emera Maine has reported that a front bringing the potential for windy weather is predicted to make its way north beginning Sunday morning.

High winds and gusts are causing power outages in numerous areas across northern Maine today, with some lines down and tree limbs falling.

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.

Emera Maine crews are scheduled to perform work to the electrical system on Sunday, December 11th beginning at 1:00 a.m. and lasting for approximately four hours to about 5 a.m. The grid work has been moved ahead a week due to this week's record snowfalls. Electric service will be suspended to enable crews to safely complete their work.

Here’s the latest from Emera Maine on the outages and restoring service for December 1st, 2016.

Emera Maine crews are planning to perform reliability improvements on the electrical system in portions of northern Maine through southern Aroostook County Sunday, May 15, 2016, beginning at 5:00 a.m. for approximately five hours.  Patten, Crystal, Sherman, Stacyville, Herseytown, Benedicta, Silver Ridge, Soldiertown, Grindstone, East Millinocket and Medway will be affected.