“We’re proud of the tremendous work of our employees in assisting CMP with their power restoration efforts, said Craig Hallstrom, President of WMECo and NSTAR Electric. “Our crews know the importance of helping customers in need – especially around the holidays. Though many of our workers have put their own Christmas plans on hold, we know those who work at regional utility companies would do the same for us if needed.”

Ice as much as an inch thick coated power lines, tree branches and roads, leaving many in Maine’s Androscoggin, Hancock, Kennebec, Know and Waldo Counties in the dark on Christmas Eve. WMECo and NSTAR crews worked day-and-night to safely access areas where electrical systems had been damaged to make necessary replacements or repairs.

WMECo and NSTAR crews are no strangers to working in such harsh conditions, having assisted in restoration efforts in the aftermath of past ice storms and having most recently worked to restore power during and after Blizzard Nemo earlier this year.