<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

                                   
<PERIOD-TYPE>                         12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                     DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                        JAN-1-1999
<PERIOD-END>                          JUN-30-1999
<EXCHANGE-RATE>                                            2
<BOOK-VALUE>                          Per-Book
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                           $805,616
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                          $40,472
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                              $459,863
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                            $898,374
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       $11,332
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                    $2,215,657
<COMMON>                                            $143,213
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                           $276,572
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                                  $97,004
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                      $516,789
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                $18,910
<PREFERRED>                                          $35,571
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                                 $89,896
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                        $0
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                                 $0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                            $0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                       $109,383
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                             $9,000
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                          $31,907
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                      $1,716
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>                    $1,402,485
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                     $2,215,657
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                           $486,417
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                                 $26,435
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                          $405,220
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                          $405,220
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                              $81,197
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                                   $17,129
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                       $71,891
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                             $30,990
<NET-INCOME>                                         $40,901
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                           $1,838
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                        $39,063
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                             $18,268
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                             $3,079
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                               $55,744
<EPS-BASIC>                                           1.25
<EPS-DILUTED>                                           1.25