Gas flowing in Tennessee, but not for everyone. Some stations have run dry from fear of a possible gas shortage, and those stations will remain on until truck drivers can get them refueled.
"It's going to take a little while to fill everything back up, a lot of people still only have one grade of fuel," said Mike Williams, Executive Director, Tennessee Petroleum Counsel.
The Colonial pipeline in Alabama was repaired Wednesday night, but it will take some time for the state to recover from people fueling up more than they normally would. The pipeline runs from Alabama and fuels the gas tanks in Atlanta. Those tanks are now empty, and will have to be refueled before gas cam start to flow into other states.
The pipeline that was broken is responsible for 70 percent of Tennessee's fuel. Governor Bill Haslam declared a state of emergency as a precautionary measure to ensure that Tennessee would still have gas. When supply goes down and demand goes up, then the market price increases. When the reverse happens the market price decreases.
"Everything is coming back to normal. By the weekend everything should be back to the way it was before," said Williams.
There is an ongoing investigation into what caused that leak. Tennessee is under a state of emergency, but the executive order should end Friday.
