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Power Restored After Bird Flies Into Substation

8,500 Customers Temporarily Affected

POSTED: 3:22 pm CST November 6, 2009
UPDATED: 4:17 pm CST November 6, 2009

About 8,500 electric customers in the Franklin and Cool Springs areas were without power Friday afternoon after a bird flew into a substation, according to the Middle Tennessee Electric Service.

The problem occurred just after 3 p.m.

Crews restored the power about 30 minutes later.

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