Power restored to thousands of Cumberland Electric customers after strong storms
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nearly 10,000 Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (CEMC) customers were in the dark after a strong storm moved across the area Sunday morning, but crews restored power to most of those members before a second round of severe weather rolled in.
CEMC provides power to Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart and Sumner counties.
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According to the power company’s online outage map, the largest number of customers dealing with outages as of Sunday afternoon were in Montgomery County or Stewart County.
(Source: Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation) (Source: Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation) (Source: Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation)
At 10:30 a.m., CEMC took to social media to acknowledge the outages, stating, “crews are making repairs across our territory. Currently there are approximately 9,900 scattered outages caused by storms. Crews are working to restore power as quickly as possible.”
By noon, power was restored to nearly 3,000 customers. The power company said the outages were caused by “lightning and strong winds causing downed power lines and multiple broken poles.”
Then, at 4 p.m., CEMC announced approximately 5,900 members were still without power, but several contract crews from other areas had arrived and would be dispatched throughout the region to help restore power.
Just after 7 p.m., the power company said crews were continuing to make progress. Meanwhile, CEMC’s outage map showed 3,373 customers are still without power as of 7:30 p.m.
By 9:50 p.m., the number of CEMC members impacted by outages dropped to 1,967, according to the online map, but two hours later, that number jumped back up to 4,308 as a new line of storms entered the region.
However, by 4 a.m. on Monday, May 27, the outage map showed the number of members affected had decreased to 1,852.
Then, at 10:30 a.m., CEMC announced that number of members affected was down to approximately 395. The company said some areas that remain without power, including Stewart County, are some of the hardest hit and most inaccessible.
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To report any outages, CEMC said customers should use the SmartHub mobile app, or call or text OUT to 800-987-2362.
To view the current outage map, click here.
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