Power was restored for over 2,000 homes and businesses in Augusta, Sidney and Rome by 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The outage was originally expected to be resolved by Central Maine Power by 10:45 a.m., but the company continued to push the time back. By 12 p.m., the estimated restoration time was updated to 12:45 p.m.
At 11:58 a.m., 1,983 customers were without power in Augusta, 153 were without power in Sidney, and 11 were without power in Rome.
In Augusta, the power outage affected Walmart and the Marketplace.
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