KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As single-digital temperatures hit the region Wednesday morning, hundreds of people experienced power outages.
As of 2:30 p.m.:
- 157 people are without power in Knox County
- 22 people are without power in Anderson County
- 3 people are without power in Sevier County
- 0 people are without power in Union County
- 0 are without power in Hamblen County
- 5 without power in Blount County
- 0 are without power in Loudon County
You can check the latest power outages per county here.
This comes after the TVA asked customers to conserve energy, especially from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
To help out the provider, customers are asked to do things like lower their thermostats, put off using big appliances like dishwashers and dryers and to stop "non-essential" use of electricity such as decorative lighting.
TVA's request comes 13 months after it experienced power blackouts that alarmed users in its service area amid a sub-freezing snap. TVA has said repeatedly, including in interviews with WBIR, that it has taken steps through system and power plant upgrades to ensure such blackouts don't happen again.
We will keep this article updated as we continue to track power outages.