Internal communications reveal Nashville Electric Service (NES) turned down multiple offers for outside line workers in the days following the January ice storm that left 230,000 people without power.
NewsChannel 5 Investigates obtained emails and text messages that show the utility was not prepared to bring on and manage contractors who offered help.
In response to our follow up questions regarding what learned, NES said it is now “formalizing a pre-arranged contractor framework” so it can bring on contractors more quickly…