Historic windstorm tested Maine’s utilities

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 28, 2022

Thousands of Mainers remained without power Tuesday, five days after a fierce storm ripped through the state, causing damage that in some parts of Maine exceeded the October 2017 windstorm. But the state’s two major utilities said they were better prepared for this storm after investing in tree-cutting and technology and assembling large crews ahead of a storm that brought a peak of 365,000 outages between the companies.