Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, is questioning Nashville Electric Service’s (NES) decision to retain multiple communications vendors amid mounting scrutiny over its response to Winter Storm Fern.
Elon Musk, CEO of the artificial intelligence company xAI and electric vehicle company Tesla, has donated 500 generators to the Nashville area as tens of thousands of households remain without power following last week’s Winter Storm Fern.
Hotels throughout the Nashville area are offering discounted rates to local residents as widespread power outages persist and dangerously cold temperatures are expected through the weekend.
On the sixth straight day of widespread power outages across Music City, more than 73,000 Nashville Electric Service (NES) customers entered Friday without electricity, as the National Weather Service warns of “dangerous cold temperatures” through the weekend.
On Thursday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, host and CEO of The Tennessee Star Michael Patrick Leahy and the outlet’s lead reporter Tom Pappert framed the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern as a tale of two electric utilities, sharply contrasting the response of Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) and Nashville Electric Service (NES) following widespread power outages across Middle Tennessee.
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said Nashville Electric Service (NES) was discussing internal diversity initiatives even as tens of thousands of customers remained without power following Winter Storm Fern.
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