Nashvillians’ confidence in their mayor and Metro Council is dwindling.
‘We did not meet the expectations’: NES CEO admits problems as city begins storm investigation
One month out from the devastating impacts of Winter Storm Fern, a city-formed commission has begun investigating how Metro agencies — and, in particular, the Nashville Electric Service — responded to the storm.
Storm repair costs could mean rate increases for Nashville Electric Services customers
The winter storm knocked out power and destroyed hundreds of miles of power lines and about 400 utility poles. To cover repair costs, customers could see higher bills.
Winter storm week 2: Challenges linger and some school districts remain closed
Winter Storm Fern has created lingering challenges for residents, city leaders and emergency workers in Tennessee. Here’s the latest at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
NES scrutiny mounts as electric utility promises better outage information
With Nashvillians still without power, NES is facing intense scrutiny from the public and Nashville’s mayor, who says he “expects them to do better.”
‘Once in a generation’ ice storm has Nashvillians remembering 1994 disaster
With many still struggling to stay warm during this deadly winter storm, many Nashvillians are drawing comparisons to the historic 1994 storm that left many without power for weeks on end.
Winter storm update: power and emergency management
It’s day two of our live coverage of the large-scale snow and ice storm affecting all of Middle Tennessee.
Half of Nashville lost power. Here’s the latest.
Nashville experienced a record volume of homes and businesses without power on Sunday, affecting as many as 500,000 people.
Where to find warming locations in Nashville
In a rare move signaling the major impact of the winter storm, Metro has opened cold weather warming locations across Nashville. Here are the details as of 4 p.m. Friday.
Winter storm week 1: Tennessee fatalities rise; outage frustrations mounting
Lengthy power outages continue to fray nerves in Tennessee after the winter storm and weather-related fatalities climb to 21 as another arctic blast brings dangerous cold this weekend. Here’s the latest from WPLN at 6:00 p.m. Saturday.
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