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Resolution Summary - NES Oversight - Public Notice

This discussion topic was requested by Council Member Tasha Ellis regarding a proposed resolution relative to NES oversight and public notice .

From CM Ellis:

RESOLUTION SUMMARY

Sponsor: Council Member Tasha Ellis (District 29)

Subject: A Resolution calling for Council oversight of Nashville Electric Service's response to the January 2026 ice storm

Summary: This resolution requests a Special Meeting of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee within fourteen days to conduct an oversight hearing on NES's storm response. The resolution requests that NES President and CEO Teresa Broyles-Aplin, Chief Operations Officer Brent Baker, and the Chair of the Electric Power Board appear before the Committee to provide testimony regarding:

  • Pre-storm staffing levels and emergency preparedness planning
  • Mutual aid request timeline and decisions regarding contractor assistance
  • Communication failures including the delayed outage tracking tool and inability to provide restoration timelines
  • Restoration prioritization methodology, including treatment of Critical Care Referral Program customers
  • The decision not to dedicate crews to single-customer outages and simple reconnects

The resolution further requests that NES commission and fund an independent third-party after-action review to be completed within ninety days, establishes quarterly reporting requirements to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and requests an immediate written report on current outage status, Critical Care customers affected, and mutual aid crew disposition.

Emergency Basis: More than 51,000 NES customers remain without power seven days after the storm, with dangerous cold forecast for this weekend and no restoration timelines provided.