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A resolution urging the Electric Power Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County to terminate the employment of Teresa Broyles-Aplin as Chief Executive Officer of Nashville Electric Service.
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WHEREAS, Nashville Electric Service ("NES") is a publicly governed electric utility entrusted with providing safe, reliable, and resilient electric service to the residents and businesses of Davidson County and surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, the Electric Power Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County ("Electric Power Board") regulates NES and is responsible for ensuring that the utility meets the highest standards of preparation, competency, and accountability; and
WHEREAS, NES is led by Chief Executive Officer Teresa Broyles-Aplin,
WHEREAS, effective utility leadership requires proactive preparation for foreseeable severe weather events, including adequate infrastructure hardening, vegetation management, staffing readiness, and mutual aid coordination; and
WHEREAS, Winter Storm Fern caused widespread and prolonged outages across Davidson County and surrounding areas, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power for extended periods of time as temperatures stayed at life-threatening lows. At least five deaths in Nashville and Davidson County are being investigated as storm-related; and
WHEREAS, these outages created significant public safety concerns, particularly for medically vulnerable residents, disrupted essential services, and caused substantial economic harm to households and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the storm exposed systemic weaknesses and failure in NES's emergency planning, preparation, infrastructure management, public-facing communication, and risk management, all of which are squarely the responsibility of executive leadership; and
WHEREAS, NES failed to demonstrate sufficient preparation for this winter storm despite known regional weather risks, prior ice storm experience, spec...
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