Tag Archives: Cookeville Electric

January electric bills arriving and the numbers may surprise you. “We get those people call in and just want to check with us and make sure that what they’re seeing is correct,” Cookeville Energy Department Director Carl Haney said. Haney said energy usage goes up typically during times of cold or hot weather. But Haney said the January storm likely ... Read More »

TVA weathered an all-time high in peak power demand during this week’s winter storm thanks to a year of preparations and changes. Cookeville Energy Department Director Carl Haney said both TVA and Cookeville Energy were prepared for the 34,000 megawatt demand number. He said Cookeville avoided major outages and rolling blackouts, even with higher demand than last December’s storm. “From ... Read More »

Strong winds from Monday night’s storms left trees down and power out in several communities across the Upper Cumberland. A survey of Emergency Service officials noted a tree down on a house on 20th Street in Cookeville. Putnam County residents also experienced power outages from Volunteer Energy, UCEMC, and Cookeville Electric. Overton County Schools are closed on Tuesday due to ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council accepted a request Thursday night to postpone an appeals hearing on additional signage for the Old Kentucky Road shopping development. Developer Wayne Cravens had asked for the hearing after the Planning Commission denied an additional free standing pole sign for a proposed Wendy’s fast food location. “He is evaluating moving an approved monument sign for this development ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council approved the next step in the Tennessee Tech pump station replacement project Thursday night. Water and Sewer Director Barry Turner said the next step in the process includes the bid and construction phase. The biggest part of the $826,760 contract is an inspector to help manage this part of the process. “The RPR is going to be ... Read More »

Cookeville Electric will begin an automated meter reading program in the new fiscal year. The city will also conduct a pilot program to test automated meters for gas and sewer as part of the rollout. The city has budgeted $250,000 in the new fiscal year budget for the test program as well as a first rollout. Cookeville Electric Director Carl ... Read More »

Cookeville Electric Department hoping to start the process of getting automated meter readers. Director Carl Haney said currently, the city has readers that go out once a month and manually read some 19,000 meters across the city. “Every time that happens we have to send out a truck and a person out to those sites, either read the meter, turn ... Read More »

The increase in electric vehicles has not impacted Cookeville’s electricity usage so far. Director Carl Haney said that the city currently has two commercial charge stations, one at Sam’s Club and one on West Jackson Street. He said that in looking at current data, they typically average the same amount of usage as a convenience store. “The Telsa one uses ... Read More »

Watch out for limbs in roadways this morning across the Upper Cumberland after Wednesday night’s strong winds. Winds gusted to 48mph at one point Wednesday evening in Crossville, according to the National Weather Service. Gusts around 40mph were common through the afternoon and evening. Warren County Emergency Management reported a tree down on a house on West End Avenue. Another ... Read More »

Winter weather Sunday night brought numerous power outages to homes across the Upper Cumberland. Cookeville Electric Department Director Carl Haney said that most of the outages are caused by thick heavy snow or ice freezing the lines. “It adheres to the lines and such when it freezes there it causes a lot of weight issues,” Haney said. “Typically that’s our ... Read More »