Maine deals with increasingly frequent significant power outages [Video]

OUR JON CHRISOS INVESTIGATES.. AND DISCOVERS NEW EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY. <2-16-21 POWERLESS AND FREEZING 11PM-PKG> FROM RECORD áLOWá TEMPERATURES IN TEXAS… <2-18-21 ABC SEVERE WEATHER 10-PKG> MOS: “HOW CAN WE BOIL WATER WE’VE GOT NO POWER! <APRIL 2022> … TO áHIGHá WIND IN MAINE. <HTTPS://WWW.WMTW. COM/ARTICLE/STORM- WIND-POWER-OUTAGES- MAINE/39759661 “THE WIND ALSO BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND KNOCKED OUT POWER LEAVING TENS OF THOUSANDS IN THE DARK” ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AN INCREASING NUMBER OF SEVERE STORMS ARE BATTERING THE POWER GRID. DATA FROM THE U- S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REVEAL POWER OUTAGES TRIGGERED BY SEVERE WEATHER HAVE áDOUBLEDá SINCE THE EARLY 2000S. <DEKE SAWYER/CMP CUSTOMER> .55 IT STARTED GETTING MORE FREQUENT, LONGER OUTAGES <JACKMAN FILE: JACKMAN FILE 01/23/2018 AND COLLINS VISITS JACKMAN 02/02/2018> DEKE SAWYER LIVES IN JACKMAN. HE SAYS WHILE THERE’S A LOT TO LOVE ABOUT THIS REMOTE SOMERSET COUNTY TOWN — THE NUMBER OF OUTAGES ISN’T …