Tag Archives: Power Outage

A planned power outage in the Crossville area set for Saturday night beginning at 10pm. The outage expected to last for about eight hours and will affect all those powered by the Lantana and Crossville substations in Cumberland County. The purpose of the outage is to allow TDOT to safely move two transmission lines as part of the ongoing Highway ... Read More »

Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation crews have restored power to the majority of customers after a large power outage Thursday morning. Livingston District Manager Ben Winningham said more than 1,000 members were without power due to high winds and dead trees. “We had a very large outage this morning in the Willow Grove area due to a dead poplar tree ... Read More »

Power out to a large portion of Livingston and Overton County served by Upper Cumberland Electric as of Wednesday morning. TVA contractors working at the Livingston substation Wednesday morning accidently brought down some of the UCEMC lines. Crews are working now to get the lines backup and power restored. A UCEMC Spokesperson said the power should be restored in around ... Read More »

Over 1,900 Tri-County Electric customers were left without power Thursday morning thanks to an unlikely culprit. External Relations Director Tammy Dixon said a squirrel damaged the corporation’s Moss Substation in Clay County, resulting in a some 2 hour outage. “Squirrels for some reason like equipment and some reason it seems like summer is worse,” Dixon said. “I don’t if they’re ... Read More »

A single squirrel caused over 5,500 Overton County residents to be without power Thursday morning. UCEMC Livingston District Manager Ben Winningham said the unlikely event happened at the Celina Highway Substation at 6:30 a.m. “One squirrel,” Winningham said. “He just slithered through the gate, got to climbing around on the TVA switch gear and had a foot on one spot ... Read More »

Tri-County Electric members in Clay County could experience a brief power outage Wednesday night due to scheduled maintenance. The planned outage will last about an hour beginning at 8:00 p.m. Customers east of the Cumberland River in Clay County should expect disruptions in service. Those areas include Celina, Burksville Highway, Pea Ridge, Livingston Highway and Gainesboro Highway. The outage has ... Read More »

Four to seven inches of snow common across the Upper Cumberland Thursday as a strong push of artic air collided with moisture from a southern system. Roads treacherous almost as soon as the snow began falling with more than an inch in just an hour. Thursday night, temperatures will fall to the single digits in many areas and Friday temperatures ... 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 »

A planned city-wide power outage will occur in Sparta starting at midnight on Saturday. According to Utility Manager Belva Bess, residents will be without power for three to four hours. Crews will perform maintenance during that time. Read More »

The ice storm two weeks ago has led to more residents looking at home generators. Cove Generators President Dave Boender said they received 170 consultation calls in the week following the ice storm. Boender said generators are more affordable than people think, depending on what you’re backing up. “If you have a gas hot water heater it doesn’t take anything ... Read More »