Nashville residents get limited power back, still can’t heat homes

Days after recent ice storms, some Nashville-area households that thought they got their power back are seeing only partial power restoration, leaving them without the ability to cook or heat their homes and creating dangerous living conditions

A Madison woman contacted Nashville Electric Service about receiving only limited power to her home, with insufficient voltage to run essential appliances. In an email she forwarded to NewsChannel 5, she explained that “only certain outlets are functioning, and the voltage is insufficient to run heating units, microwaves, or portable heaters.”

The partial power restoration is “causing significant hardship as we are unable to warm our homes or prepare food,” she said…

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