Bird leaves 6,000 Middle Tennessee Electric customers in the dark

A bird flying into MTEMC’s substation equipment caused approximately 6,000 members to lose power in northeast Rutherford County for about 30 minutes.

The bird disrupted MTEMC's Lascassas substation around 4:30 p.m., causing a short circuit.

MTEMC crews got the power back on by 5:00 p.m.

"We are sorry for the inconvience the outage caused for our members," MTEMC spokesperson Todd Palmer said. "Animal-caused interruptions are an unfortunate reality, but we're constantly examining ways to prevent them as much as possible."

Posted on July 27, 2010.

 

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