Electric Issue Fixed At East Cookeville Substation

The East Cookeville Substation tripped off line at 11:00 this morning, causing about 3,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers to lose power.

Cookeville Electric officials said the circuit tripped when an external oil temperature gauge on the power transformer malfunctioned, causing an erroneous message to be sent to the circuit.

The electric department verified the transformer did not have a temperature problem and isolated the relay that sent the trip command.

Power was restored to all customers around 11:45 a.m.