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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>
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<CURRENCY>                                         U.S. Dollars

<S>                                                <C>
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                                  MAR-31-2000
<PERIOD-START>                                     JAN-1-2000
<PERIOD-END>                                       MAR-31-2000
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                    1
<BOOK-VALUE>                                       Per-Book
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                                       $823,362
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                                      $38,212
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                                          $253,528
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                                        $512,934
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                                   $32,253
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                                $1,660,289
<COMMON>                                                        $143,213
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                                       $276,776
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                                             $122,659
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                                  $542,648
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                               $910
<PREFERRED>                                                      $35,571
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                                             $80,248
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                                    $0
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                                             $0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                                        $0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                                    $39,783
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                                         $9,000
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                                      $30,602
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                                  $1,756
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>                                  $919,771
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                                 $1,660,289
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                                       $263,341
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                                             $84,070
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                                      $207,612
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                                      $207,612
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                                          $55,729
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                                               $84,661
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                                   $56,320
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                         $22,552
<NET-INCOME>                                                     $33,768
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                                         $559
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                                    $33,209
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                                         $11,222
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                                             $0
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                                           $55,579
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