What This Story Is About
- Metro leaders are pushing for the Nashville Electric Service to release a timeline for power restoration to all customers immediately.
Why It Matters
- The bulk of the outages started Sunday, January 25, and could last into early February, according to NES.
- More than 1,000 lineworkers are working to restore power across NES’s service area.
For Context
- TEMA reports that outages peaked at 315,533 during this ice storm statewide. Nashville outages peaked at about 230,000.
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – Metro Nashville leaders are coming together to push the Nashville Electric Service to release a restoration timeline for all customers, as thousands remain without power days after a historic ice storm.
Metro Councilman Jacob Kupin and others are calling on NES to release when they expect all of the service company’s customers to have their power restored.
They urge NES to include minimum and maximum estimates for power restoration…