Over 14,000 customers with Pennyrile Electric were without power Sunday night after a transmission line from the Tennessee Valley Authority reportedly failed.
Brent Gilkey with Pennyrile Electric said the transmission line is linked to six substations in Trigg, Caldwell, and Christian counties.
click to download audioAlmost all of Trigg County was without power when the outage began around 9:50 Sunday night. He said they were able to connect to an alternate power source with electricity restored about an hour later.
click to download audioGilkey said Pennyrile Electric always has contingency plans for major outages like Sunday night’s.
click to download audioThe storms that rolled through the area on Sunday night produced a lot of lightning but no weather warnings were issued for the counties directly serviced by Pennyrile Electric
