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CMP restores power to 99 percent of customers affected by storm

CMP restores power to 99 percent of customers affected by storm

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Central Maine Power reported Sunday night that it had restored services to 99 percent of customers who lost power during last Friday’s storm.

The storm knocked down tree limbs and power lines, causing 180,000 homes and businesses to lose power.

CMP said in a news release that crews had restored about 179,000 storm-related outages.

The utility’s website was reporting just over 1,000 outages Monday morning.

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