Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://gographicsoutput.com/video/KPMKBY6FgSy.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Why is Nashville so different? NES pressed on preparedness and adding more crews [j83ilVldG5x] Health Updated on August 11, 2026 EDT — Published on August 11, 2026 EDT Nashville Electric Service was pressed on how it's handled the largest power outage in the city’s history, as more than 80,000 customers remain without power- and many without heat- during freezing temperatures, for a sixth night in a row. NES held a press conference Thursday, in which NES President Teresa Broyles-Aplin fielded questions. “Have restoration efforts gone perfectly? No. Not under these unprecedented circumstances with this level of unprecedented damage,” Broyles-Aplin said. _______________ Follow! Like! Share! Subscribe! WZTV on Facebook: WZTV on X: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 615.369.1717 Fox 17 provides local news, weather, sports, traffic and entertainment for Nashville and nearby towns and communities in Middle Tennessee, including Forest Hills, Brentwood, Franklin, Fairview, Dickson, Clarksville, White House, Greenbrier, Springfield, Gallatin, Hartsville, Lebanon, Mt Juliet, Smyrna, College Grove, Thompson’s Station, Centerville, Murfreesboro, Columbia, Lewisburg, Shelbyville, Manchester, McMinnville, Smithville, Sparta, Cookeville, Hohenwald, Waverly, Camden, Paris, Lafayette, Portland, and in Kentucky, Russelville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Alvaton, Scottsville, Hopkinsville, Glasgow. #WZTV #fox17news #foxnashville #nashville #tennessee #tn #middletn #localnews #breakingnews #trending 02EzTr1rtiK o4sBwu1BcTe XAUXAaDp7SZ vi6Iu2k9Ada HNQikHQRJf8 JBJJ8bYMugv Mil1CZ4ycFr J3CB378mJlx
Nashville Electric Service was pressed on how it's handled the largest power outage in the city’s history, as more than 80,000 customers remain without power- and many without heat- during freezing temperatures, for a sixth night in a row. NES held a press conference Thursday, in which NES President Teresa Broyles-Aplin fielded questions. “Have restoration efforts gone perfectly? No. Not under these unprecedented circumstances with this level of unprecedented damage,” Broyles-Aplin said. _______________ Follow! Like! Share! Subscribe! WZTV on Facebook: WZTV on X: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 615.369.1717 Fox 17 provides local news, weather, sports, traffic and entertainment for Nashville and nearby towns and communities in Middle Tennessee, including Forest Hills, Brentwood, Franklin, Fairview, Dickson, Clarksville, White House, Greenbrier, Springfield, Gallatin, Hartsville, Lebanon, Mt Juliet, Smyrna, College Grove, Thompson’s Station, Centerville, Murfreesboro, Columbia, Lewisburg, Shelbyville, Manchester, McMinnville, Smithville, Sparta, Cookeville, Hohenwald, Waverly, Camden, Paris, Lafayette, Portland, and in Kentucky, Russelville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Alvaton, Scottsville, Hopkinsville, Glasgow. #WZTV #fox17news #foxnashville #nashville #tennessee #tn #middletn #localnews #breakingnews #trending 02EzTr1rtiK o4sBwu1BcTe XAUXAaDp7SZ vi6Iu2k9Ada HNQikHQRJf8 JBJJ8bYMugv Mil1CZ4ycFr J3CB378mJlx