Nashville Electric Service leaders received death threats after ice storm

The Nashville Electric Service (NES) detailed security concerns at its latest board meeting Wednesday morning.

The board revealed troubling situations involving threats against NES leadership following the historic January ice storm in Nashville.

NES officials confirmed there have been at least 11 credible death threats against leadership in addition to harassment emails and vehicle break-ins at the NES facility on Church Street. Nearly a dozen vehicles were burglarized on Jan. 30 and three firearms were stolen.

Security measures have been increased at NES headquarters and at the homes of NES leaders. Metro police is involved in the investigation and the utility plans to prosecute anyone suspected of making threats against NES.

“We have recently addressed some severe email harassment that’s been occurring, break-ins of employee’s vehicles on our main campus during the winter storm and we’re currently navigating 11 credible death threats through the Metro Nashville Police Department that were made against management. We are grateful to MNPD for assistance and helping us secure our campus, mitigate threats and doubling our overall security footprint during a portion of our storm recovery,” explained NES CEO Teresa Boyles-Aplin.

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