'NES Is Unequipped to Communicate About a Crisis': Mayor O'Connell Releases Statement After Meeting with NES Officials

Nashville mayor ratchets up criticism of NES following power outages

Tennessee Senator Declares War On ‘Woke’ Nashville Power Company After Week-Long Outage - Real News Now

Senator Marsha Blackburn is demanding answers and accountability from Nashville Electric Service (NES) after thousands of Tennessee residents were left without power for more than a week following Winter Storm Fern. Blackburn slammed the utility for focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives instead of investing in infrastructure and storm preparedness. “The Nashville Electric Service held 102 DEI-related training sessions by the e…

Freezing cold and afraid to leave: Nashville immigrants hunker down in frigid homes

Fernando Pa was bundled up in the hallway of his South Nashville apartment building on Jan. 31, 2026, to keep warm as volunteers checked on other residents of his complex. The complex was in its seventh day without power. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)As tens of thousands in Nashville woke up Saturday to a seventh straight day without power after a deadly ice storm, one group of bundled-up volunteers fanned out to knock on doors. The…

Nashville Mayor issues executive order for commission to investigate NES handling of last week's winter storm

Nashville Mayor O'Connell issuing an executive order for a commission to investigate the city's electric utility's handling of last week's winter storm.

Winter storm outages fall below 30,000 after Nashville mayor, local leaders meet with NES

As of Monday morning, Nashville Electric Service outages due to the winter storm are below 30,000 for the first time since January 25, a week ago.

'NES is unequipped to communicate about a crisis': Mayor O'Connell releases statement after meeting with NES officials

Mayor Freddie O'Connell met with Nashville Electric Service leadership on Sunday, just one day after he called their planned pace for restoring power to tens of thousands of customers following last weekend's winter storm “unacceptable.”