Storms moving through Middle Tennessee are causing power outages Thursday evening, with Nashville Electric Service and Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation reporting significant impacts across their service areas.
As of 8:45 p.m. Thursday
- Nashville Electric Service: 44,842 customers without power across 2,386 outages
- Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation: 13,275 members without power
- Middle Tennessee Electric: 12,755 customers without power across 193 outages
CEMC also says it is experiencing issues with its toll-free office number. Members can still report outages by calling the utility’s local number at (931) 645-2481.
Restoration times are not immediately available.

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