UPDATE 12:33 p.m.:
The STEMC says that as of 9:15 a.m., they were unable to determine the issue within the Covington substation and had to begin backfeeding each of the Covington feeders.
Power has been restored at the Henning and Mason Substation. All members who get their power from the substation should be restored, according to STEMC.
They are still in the process of backfeeding the Covington Substation circuits, which STEMC says “will take some time.” The power outage map shows that there are still around 1,000 people without power.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thousands of people in Tipton County are waking up without power Friday morning due to a major outage in the area.
The Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation says all members out of Covington, Henning, and Mason substations are currently without power due to an outage impacting the Covington Substation Transformer power supply.
STEMC employees and Tennessee Valley Authority employees are investigating the cause of the outage as around 6,000 members are affected.
Click here to check the STEMC outage map to see if you are in an affected area and call 888-440-1990 if you are experiencing a power outage.
“Crews are working diligently to determine the cause of the outage then to make repairs and restore power as quickly and safely as possible,” said STEMC.
Friday is one of the coldest days of the year so far, with freezing temperatures ranging from the high teens to low 20s across the Mid-South, according to your Weather Experts at WREG.