Versant Power

03/30/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/30/2021 07:40

Planned Service Interruption in St. John Valley Scheduled for Wednesday, March 31

Release Date: 03-30-2021

FORT KENT, Maine - Customers in nine towns in the St. John Valley region will be affected by planned maintenance at Versant Power's Fort Kent substation on Wednesday, March 31. The service interruption will take place at 4:30am and is expected to last about 30 minutes.

Towns affected include Allagash, Eagle Lake, Fort Kent, New Canada, Saint Agatha, Saint Francis, Saint John, Wallagrass, and Winterville.

This planned outage is a continuation of the work to the Fort Kent substation on March 22. Maintenance and improvement work at our substations is necessary for our system reliability efforts. We appreciate your patience as we work to improve our service to you and apologize for any inconvenience.

Versant Power is committed to delivering safe, reliable electric service. As the state's second-largest electric utility, the company delivers electricity to more than 159,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers across 10,400 square miles in five counties in eastern and northern Maine.