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 have already restored power to thousands of those members.
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.
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 shows 3,373 customers are still without power as of 7:30 p.m.
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.