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Check out the latest power outage numbers across the state

Published: Dec. 18, 2023 at 11:20 AM EST|Updated: 2 hours ago

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Thousands of Mainers are out of power and a rain and wind storm makes its way across the state.

As of 1:45pm Monday, there are over 16,600 Versant customers without power and over 279,000 CMP customers without power.

To check the latest outage numbers for CMP, click here. To check outages for Versant, click

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