Power Outage and Shelter Update 4 PM

Bangor Hydro Electric Company has made good progress in restoring power to customers, and have reduced the outages from a little over 30,000 to 22,000 as of 4 PM this afternoon.

Customers should make plans to stay elsewhere if they are without power as many will be out until Friday. Community shelters have been set up in many areas. See below for the shelters that are open. It is going to be bitterly cold tonight, and sheltering in place without heat is not a good option!

Here are the shelters that are open as of 4 PM

For a full list of shelters that are open, click HERE

Hancock County

Hancock	Blue Hill	Blue Hill Town Office Warming Center Warming Center	18 Union Street	OPEN	Blue Hill Town Office Warming Center
Hancock	Brooklin	Warming Center – Brooklin Fire Department Warming Center	25 Bay Road	OPEN	Warming Center – Currently Open
Hancock	Brooksville	Brooksville Fire Department Warming Center Warming Center	2199 Coastal Road	OPEN	Warming Center – Brooksville Fire Department – Currently Open
Hancock	Bucksport	Miles Lane School Warming Shelter	100 Miles Lane	OPEN	Warming Shelter – Miles Lane School – Currently Open
Hancock	Ellsworth	Ellsworth City Hall – Warming Center Warming Center	1 City Hall Plaza	OPEN	Warming Center – Ellsworth City Hall – Currently Open
Hancock	Hancock	Hancock Congregational Church Warming Center	US Highway Route 1	OPEN	Hancock Congregation

Penobscot County

Penobscot	Brewer	Brewer Auditorium Emergency Shelter	318 Wilson Street	OPEN
Penobscot	Newburg	Newburg Community Shelter Emergency Shelter, Pet Shelter	2220 Western Avenue	OPEN	Community Shelter – Currently open and will stay open as long as needed. Cots and food are available. Bring your own blankets, personal items and medications. Pet Friendly: Bring pet food and cages (if available). POC: 478-7498.

Waldo County

Waldo	Belfast	Troy Howard Middle School Emergency Shelter, Pet Shelter	173 Lincolnville Avenue	OPEN	722-3015 (Fire Dept)
Waldo	Brooks	Varney Community Center Warming Center	24 Veterans Highway	OPEN
Waldo	Monroe	Monroe Town Office Warming Center	8 Swan Lake Avenue	OPEN	Monroe Town Office – Open until 5 PM
Waldo	Morrill	Morrill Fire Station Warming Center	52 Weymouth Road	OPEN	342-4197 (Fire Dept) Opening Time: 10:00 AM; Closing Time: TBD
Waldo	Searsport	Searsport Fire Station (Town and North) Warming Center	3 Union Street	OPEN	548-2302 (Fire Dept) Opening: 10:00 AM; Closing Time: TB

Washington County

Washington

Calais

Washington County Community College
Emergency Shelter

For the live outage map from Bangor Hydro Electric, click HERE

Here is the 4 PM Outage Update

Description of Event:	Icing
Estimated Number of Meters Affected:	22022
Aroostook:		0
Hancock:		11020
Northern Penobscot/Piscataquis County:		13
Penobscot:		5723
Washington:		5266
Restoration Details:		Nearly 400 employees and outside resources are working to restore power to Bangor Hydro customers today. Progress has been slow due to the amount of damage to the system and heavy ice weighing down on power lines and tree limbs. Customers should make plans to stay elsewhere if they are without power as many will be out until Friday. Community shelters have been set up in many areas. A full list is available at http://www.maine.gov/mema/mema_masscare.shtml. Crews will continue to work day and night to restore power. Regular project work has been delayed so that all available crews may address the outage situation. Routine maintenance will be delayed as well. The public is reminded that power lines are not safe to touch or drive over. Please contact us to handle these dangerous situations.
Other Related Information:		Customers may report outages or ask questions by calling our Customer Service Centers at 1-800-440-1111 (Bangor Hydro) and 877-655-4448 (Maine Public Service).
Estimated Time of Service Restoration:		It will be at least until the end of the day Friday before all power is restored.
Estimated Time of Next Update:

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