Gainesboro Repairs Scheduled for Saturday
A lightning strike has damaged some vital electrical equipment in the Gainesboro District, requiring UCEMC to shut off power to 939 meters as repairs are made. The planned outage will begin at 6:00 a.m. and last approximately two hours.
The areas affected by this planned outage include:
- Jennings Creek Hwy
- State Route 56
- North Springs
- Whitleyville
- Hensley Creek Road
- Riley Creek Road
- Big Bottom Road
- Pine Lick Creek Road
- Keeling Branch Hwy.
- Hunting Creek Road
- Crabtree Creek Road
- Hudson Creek Highway
- Gaineshore
- Reeves Drive
- Baugh Hollow Lane
- North Murray Street
- Waste Water Building
- Main Water Building
- N. Grundy Quarles Highway
- Crescent Cardboard (Nielsen)
- Mabry Health Care
- Great Lake Development
- Ansei America Inc.
- Hurricane Branch Lane
- Acorn Lane
- Harmony Road
- Old State 53
- Sugar Creek Road
- Stonecom
UCEMC Communications
The Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (UCEMC) is an electric power distribution cooperative. UCEMC is owned and operated by its members and distributes electric power through more than 4,600 miles of lines to more than 50,000 members located primarily in Jackson, Overton, Putnam and Smith Counties and northern DeKalb County. Several members are served in “fringe” areas of Clay, Fentress, Macon, Pickett, White, and Wilson Counties.