MLEC Crews Press Forward on Day Six of Storm Restoration

Crews focusing on main lines and hard-to-reach areas

(9:00 a.m. January 30, 2026 – Centerville, TN) – Crews are off and running this morning as Meriwether Lewis enters day six of restoration efforts following Winter Storm Fern. What began with more than 13,000 outages has now been reduced to under 5,000 thanks to steady progress and the continued support of mutual aid crews. Approximately 4,700 members remain without power across Hickman, Lewis, and Perry counties.

Nearly 200 additional personnel are assisting MLEC crews today as restoration continues. Significant progress has been made on main lines, but additional work remains. Crews are still prioritizing these main lines while also pushing deeper into communities where access has improved. Areas where crews will be concentrated to start today include:

Hickman County: Swan, Raleigh’s Chapel, Ugly Creek, Wade’s Branch, Totty’s Bend, Coble, Lowe’s Bend, Wolf Creek, Flowers Lane, Mason Bates Road, Dodd Hollow, Easley Bend, Paul Fields Road, Baker Lane, Rial Road, West Sugar Creek, Glenn Hinson Road, Bells Branch, McFarlin Road, Davis Branch, Locust Creek, East Haley’s Creek Road, Country Lane, Mobley Ridge, and Sheboss. Isolated individual services will also be addressed where possible.

Lewis County: Piney, Napier Road, areas beyond NACO, Railroad Bed, Summertown Highway, Rockdale Trace, Rackley Road, The Farm area, Certified Drive, Woodland Road, Trace Creek off Waynesboro Highway, Ridge Top, Mt. Joy, parts of Big Swan, Goodman Branch, Ponderosa Drive, Roney Street, Mercury Street, Joe Avenue, Borum Avenue, and Kappler Lane. Crews will also reach isolated individual services as access allows.

Perry County: Pleasantville, Sugar Hill, Rockhouse, Sinking Creek, Upper and Lower Marsh Creek, Red Bank, Old Highway 20, and Hurricane Creek. The White Oak, Cedar Creek, Jones Hollow, and Burns Ridge areas remain significantly damaged, with portions still unreachable. Multiple power and right-of-way crews are working in those areas again today.

MLEC sincerely thanks our crews and mutual aid partners, who continue working together to support our members. This progress has been made possible through the combined efforts of local road departments, emergency responders, and community members helping clear debris.

We also thank local churches and volunteers for keeping our community fed, warm and safe. This restoration effort remains a true community response, and every clear road and repaired line brings us one step closer.

An additional update will be shared at 4:00 p.m. Friday as work continues

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