2500 Remain Without Power following Winter Storm Fern

MLEC shares work locations as power and broadband repairs continue

(9:00 a.m. January 31, 2026 – Centerville, TN) – Meriwether Lewis crews are off and running this morning. Across the service area, there are 2,500 power outages and about 2,100 broadband outages. Crews and mutual aid partners enter day seven of restoration efforts making steady progress.

Repairing main lines remains the primary focus. At the same time, crews are beginning to target more isolated outages as conditions allow. These repairs often take additional time, particularly in frigid temperatures and hard-to-reach, rural locations. Ice and fallen trees continue to limit access in some areas, but crews are clearing debris so lineworkers can safely restore service.

Crews will be working in the following areas today:

Hickman County: Brandy Drive, Old Twomey Road, Sugar Creek, Prince Road, Sunrise, Old Swan, Wesley Ridge, Hassells Creek toward Primm Springs, Sulphur Creek area, Sheboss, Nine Mile Ridge, Word Road, Scotts Branch, Wolf Creek Road, Mathis Loop, Coble to Only, Whitson Bend, Trace Creek, Camp Meribah area, McFarlin Road, Davis Branch, and multiple single-service locations.

Lewis County: Indian Creek, Ottis Hinson Road, Dry Branch, Waynesboro Highway, Sweetwater, Topsy, Lower Trace Creek, Mt. Joy, Patton Road, Rockdale Trace, Napier Road/Pine Bluff area, Allens Creek, Gaither Hinson Road, Colonial Road, Rush Branch, Wildcat, Heaven Hills, Duchess Lane, Morris Road, and multiple single-service locations.

Perry County: Flatwoods, Swindle, Woods Prong, Mt. Olive, upper Pleasantville, North Fork, Lick Creek, Sinking Creek, Rockhouse, Hurricane Creek, Marsh Creek, Upper Brush Creek, and multiple single-service locations.

MLConnect Broadband Update:

Additional fiber repair crews are working in the service area, with more assistance arriving to support broadband restoration efforts. If your power has been restored but broadband service has not, please try unplugging your router from its power source for several minutes, then plug it back in. If service does not return, report the outage by calling your local office and selecting Option 3, then Option 2 for direct technical support, or submit a ticket online if you have enough service to do so.

Like power, repairs to damaged mainline fiber and equipment must be completed first, which often restores service to homes where the service drop was not affected. This may explain why nearby neighbors have service while others do not. All damaged service drops will be repaired, but this process requires time and must be completed safely, one location at a time.

We understand there are members still waiting in other areas for power and broadband repairs. Please know crews are aware of outages throughout the system and will continue working as quickly and safely as conditions allow.

Additional updates will be shared as restoration efforts continue at 4:00 p.m.

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