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CMP restocks transformers, averting crisis with help from Spain's Iberdrola - WGME

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CMP restocks transformers, averting crisis with help from Spain's Iberdrola | WGME

While many found themselves unprepared to deal with the impacts of Monday’s storm, Central Maine Power was luckily ahead of the game with some help from overseas.

Over the past six months, CMP has been restocking their supply of transformers thanks to the Spanish company Iberdrola, which owns CMP’s parent, Avangrid.

CMP spokesperson Jon Breed says they are very grateful to their overseas supplier.

"Nationwide, the electric utility industry has been dealing with an electric transformer shortage,” said Breed. “We were fortunately able to utilize our global network backed by Avangrid backed by Iberdrola, to bring in several hundreds, even thousands of transformers to replenish our supply over the past six months, and oh boy are we glad we did,” he said.

CMP received those shipments since they haven't been able to resupply themselves as quickly due to supply chain issues from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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