Central Maine Power Co. has finished a $4 million upgrade to a substation in Manchester expected to boost reliability of electricity service to over 3,600 customers in the area.
The project is the first upgrade outside of the company’s $1.4 billion Maine Power Reliability Program, according to the Kennebec Journal. The paper reported that the company plans to spend nearly $400 million this year in system upgrades.
The new Manchester substation serves homes and businesses in Belgrade, Chesterville, Manchester, Mount Vernon, Readfield, Rome, Vienna and Winthrop.