Nashville Electric Service

Nashville Electric Service is among the twelve largest public electric utilities in the nation, currently employing a little over 1000 employees, and distributing energy to more than 350,000 customers in Middle Tennessee. The NES service area covers 700 square miles (1,800 km), all of Davidson County and portions of the six surrounding counties. The 5 member Electric Power Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (the "Power Board") was established in 1939 when TVA purchased TEPCO or Tennessee Electric Power Co. for 79 million dollars. After the purchase, the five hundred employees of TEPCO become employees of the newly created Nashville Electric Service. NES is the operating name of the Electric Power Board...