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<ARTICLE>                                                         UT
<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted from Central
Maine Power Company's Consolidated  Statement of Earnings,  Consolidated Balance
Sheet and Consolidated  Statement of Cash Flows and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER>                            1
<CURRENCY>                              U.S. Dollars

<S>                                     <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                           12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                       DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                          JAN-1-1999
<PERIOD-END>                            SEP-30-1999
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                              2
<BOOK-VALUE>                            Per-Book
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                             $814,931
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                            $39,614
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                                $352,659
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                              $860,190
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                         $25,756
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                      $2,093,150
<COMMON>                                              $143,213
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                             $276,641
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                                    $97,710
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                        $517,564
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                   $9,910
<PREFERRED>                                            $35,571
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                                   $89,570
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                          $0
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                                   $0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                              $0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                          $69,383
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                              $18,000
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                            $31,472
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                        $1,696
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>                      $1,319,984
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                       $2,093,150
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                             $724,896
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                                   $36,241
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                            $614,008
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                            $614,008
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                               $110,888
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                                     $21,700
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                         $96,347
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                               $42,518
<NET-INCOME>                                           $53,829
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                             $2,756
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                          $51,073
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                               $29,506
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                               $3,079
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                                $102,444
<EPS-BASIC>                                             1.64
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