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Gulch business enterprise says its could drop up to $ten,000 from NES planned ten hour energy outage

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May 27, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Enterprises in the Gulch are frustrated just after getting a two-week notice from Nashville Electric Solutions (NES) announcing a planned ten-hour energy outage.

Some of the firms say they’re concerned about losing business enterprise and thousands of dollars’ worth of goods.

Emily Williams, advertising and marketing manager at Pet Desires Nashville, says her retailer is in danger of losing up to $ten,000 worth of perishable pet goods since of NES’ planned outage.

“If it is thawed out for much more than two hours, it has the prospective to go poor and clearly spoil,” Williams stated.

NES says this outage will effect residential and industrial buildings amongst the hours of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. on Sunday, June 11 to energy the new improvement at 915 Division Street.

In a final-minute panic, Williams says she plans to reduce rates and hold a sale to decrease the monetary effect.

“We’re going to have to acquire a bunch of coolers, which will clearly not assist with our sales for that week but we’re going to attempt and sell as considerably as we can for the freezer stuff,” Williams explained.

FOX 17 News reached out to NES to see if it will reimburse firms or residents who are scrambling, but NES says it cannot give reimbursements of any type to impacted prospects.

Williams says she hasn’t heard back from NES about other issues.

“No one particular has gotten back to us about something. I’m assuming since lots of individuals are contacting them about issues they’re going to have in the course of these ten hours,” Williams stated.

NES says it plans longer outages overnight to decrease the effect on prospects, but some firms say timing does not matter. Residents in this location also have security issues.

Some apartment buildings may well temporarily drop access to their elevators and air conditioning which is raising security issues.

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