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 18, 1996
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BANGOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMPANY
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maine 0-505 01-0024370
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(State of Incorporation) (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer ID No.)
33 State Street, Bangor, Maine 04401
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 207-945-5621
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Current Report, Form 8-K Date of Report
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company August 21, 1996
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Item 5. Other Events
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MAINE YANKEE OUTAGE. As previously reported, on July 20, 1996,
Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company ("Maine Yankee"), of which the Company is a
7-percent owner, took its nuclear generating plant at Wiscasset, Maine (the
"Plant") off-line to upgrade the Plant's primary component cooling system,
and in mid-August was in the process of returning the Plant to service. On
August 18, before completing the restart process, Maine Yankee elected to
conduct a further review of its electrical circuitry testing procedures
pursuant to a March 1996 Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") generic letter
to nuclear plant licensees that was intended to ensure that every feature of
such safety-related circuitry systems would be routinely tested.
As part of the expanded review process, Maine Yankee conducted
special testing on the auto-start features of the Plant's high-pressure
safety injection pumps and found a deficiency in the electrical system,
although the involved pump was still operable. Having found such a
deficiency, Maine Yankee determined that before returning the Plant to
service it would conduct an intensified review of other safety-related
circuits to immediately resolve any questions as to the adequacy of related
testing procedures.
Maine Yankee has informed the Company that although it does not
anticipate an extended outage, it cannot predict how long the review will
take or how long the Plant will be off-line. Since July 20 the Company has
been incurring incremental replacement power costs at a rate of approximately
$200,000 per week and expects such costs to continue at approximately the
same rate until the Plant returns to service.
BANGOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMPANY
by /s/ Frederick S. Samp
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Frederick S. Samp
Chief Financial Officer
Dated: August 21, 1996
