Squirrel Caused 1,950 Customers To Lose Power Thursday Morning
Over 1,900 Tri-County Electric customers were left without power Thursday morning thanks to an unlikely culprit. External Relations Director Tammy Dixon said a squirrel damaged the corporation’s Moss Substation in Clay County, resulting in a some 2 hour outage. “Squirrels for some reason like equipment and some reason it seems like summer is worse,” Dixon […]
One Squirrel Caused Over 5,500 Customers To Lose Power In Overton
A single squirrel caused over 5,500 Overton County residents to be without power Thursday morning. UCEMC Livingston District Manager Ben Winningham said the unlikely event happened at the Celina Highway Substation at 6:30 a.m. “One squirrel,” Winningham said. “He just slithered through the gate, got to climbing around on the TVA switch gear and had […]
