Crews from Emera Maine are investigating the cause.

As of 10:06am this Friday, July 12th, Emera Maine was reporting 4723 customers in the Orono area without electrical service.  Some of those homes and businesses had service restored quickly, due to crews re-routing circuits.

At this moment, there is no guesstimation as to when power will be restored to these customers.

Those with Emera Maine service may report outages the company's website or by calling their Customer Contact Center at (207) 973-2000 or 1-855-EMERA11 (1-855-363-7211).You may also follow them on Twitter at @emerame.

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