public industry electric utility founded august 16 1939 headquarters nashville tennessee u.s. area served nashville tennessee key people decosta jenkins ceo products electricity operating income usd 111 234 000 1 total assets usd 1 159 689 000 2009 1 website http www.nespower.com nashville electric service is one of the 12 largest public electric utilities in the nation distributing energy to more than 370 000 customers in middle tennessee . the nes service area covers 700 square miles 1 800 km2 all of nashville davidson county and portions of the six surrounding counties . in 1938 the tennessee electric power company the investor owned utility for the nashville area since 1922 sued the tennessee valley authority for selling power in nashville . tepco lost the suit and was broken up in 1939 . tva bought tepco s assets for 79 million while the city of nashville took over tepco s power generation and distribution network and created the electric power board of nashville to run it . the board adopted nashville electric service as its operating name and tepco s 500 employees became employees of nes . the board became part of the newly formed metropolitan government after the merger of nashville and davidson county in 1963 . the five member board is appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the metro council . members serve five year staggered terms without pay . the board appoints a chief executive officer who has responsibility for day to day operations including hiring of employees . see also edit tennessee valley authority notes edit a b financials 2009 pdf press release . nashville electric service . 2009 06 30 . retrieved 2008 12 24 . external links edit official website green power switch this tennessee related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a united states company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nashville electric service & oldid 734792800 categories municipal electric utilities of the united statescompanies based in tennesseetennessee stubsunited states energy company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 august 2016 at 19 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view