SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 29, 1996
CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maine 1-5139 01-0042740
(State of Incorporation) (Commission (IRS Employer
File Number) Identification Number)
83 Edison Drive, Augusta, Maine 04336
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (207) 623-3521
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Item 1 through Item 4. Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Events.
Return of Maine Yankee Plant to service. As previously reported, on July
20, 1996, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company ("Maine Yankee"), of which the
Company is a 38-percent owner, took its nuclear generating plant at Wiscasset,
Maine (the "Plant") off-line to upgrade the Plant's primary component cooling
system, and on August 18, while in the process of restarting the Plant, elected
to complete a review of its electrical circuitry testing procedures pursuant to
a March 1996 Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") generic letter to nuclear
plant licensees. A failed test in a pump auto-start circuit prompted further
testing and extended the Plant outage.
On August 29, 1996, Maine Yankee commenced the process of returning the
Plant to service and on September 3 the Plant attained the 90-percent level at
which it had been operating prior to the outage. During the outage the Company
incurred incremental replacement-power costs of approximately $6 million. Maine
Yankee has informed the Company that it is still unable to predict when or if
the NRC will permit the Plant to operate at full power operation or the results
of the previously-reported NRC investigations of Maine Yankee.
Item 6 through 8. Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY
By: ___________________________________
D. E. Marsh
Vice President, Corporate Services,
Treasurer, and Chief Financial
Officer
Dated: September 6, 1996
