April 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Central Maine Power Company
Definitive Additional Proxy Materials
File No. 1-5139
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Transmitted herewith through the EDGAR system is definitive additional
proxy material of Central Maine Power Company. This material is being sent to
holders of the Company's 6% Preferred Stock and Dividend Series Preferred Stock
on April 16, 1997.
Please direct any questions or comments to me at (207) 621-4795.
Very truly yours,
Anne M. Pare
Corporate Counsel and Secretary
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Central Maine Power Company
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April 16, 1997
Name
Firm
Street Address
City, State Zip
Dear :
Since you are a significant investor in the preferred equity issues of
Central Maine Power Company, I am enclosing the proxy statement and annual
report sent out to shareholders in connection with the forthcoming Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 15, 1997.
Knowing that your shares are held through a custodian bank or broker and
that the normal distribution of these materials requires several steps that
could delay their reaching you, I thought you would appreciate receiving your
personal copy of these materials. You will receive a proxy voting ballot through
the normal distribution.
Since the issues to be voted on are very important to Central Maine Power
Company, we would very much appreciate the opportunity to discuss them with you.
Toward this end, management of the Company or our solicitor, Corporate Investor
Communications, will contact you in the near future, as mentioned in the proxy
statement. In the interim, however, please give us a call if you have any
questions.
Sincerely yours,
David T. Flanagan
