Athens Utilities crews have responded to outages in Ardmore & western Limestone in the Sugar Creek/Cairo area. Crews are checking power lines as quickly as they safely can with the slick road conditions.

REMINDER: Due to extremely cold temperatures across the Tennessee Valley, TVA is asking customers to cut back on energy usage until further notice.

The voluntary curtailment will be most important during peak hours, which are between 5am-9am and 6pm-10pm. Customers can keep electric usage at an absolute minimum by eliminating any unnecessary electric operations such as lights, laundry, or any other electric appliance that aggravates the already high demand on the electric distribution system at this time.

Taking these steps will help avoid any service outages and reduce the very high demand being placed on electric transmission and distribution systems at this time.