Former CMP President David Flanagan has died. He was 74.
Flanagan had a varied public career: aide to Governor Joe Brennan, interim President of the University of Southern Maine and was twice placed in charge of Central Maine Power. In his first stint, he led the utility through the 1998 ice storm and improved his reputation.
Nearly two years ago, Flanagan was summoned back to a CMP battered by a botched computer billing rollout and other missteps. He described the task before him, "to restore public trust in an organization that is critical to the well being and success of the people of Maine."
Flanagan, ill with cancer, turned over the reigns recently to a new President.
