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April 2024
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More MLGW salaries, contracts will have to go before City Council
The Memphis City Council will have more direct control over Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s spending for at least six months.
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Tuesday storm knocks out power to about 37,000
An intense thunderstorm Tuesday morning knocked out power to tens of thousands of MLGW customers, according to the utility’s outage map.
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February 2024
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Memphis Urban League appoints former MLGW exec as interim president
After 17 years at Memphis Light, Gas and Water, a Memphis executive has been appointed as interim president and CEO of the Memphis Urban League.
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January 2024
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Eight winter weather-related deaths reported in Shelby County
The causes of the deaths in Shelby County were not provided by the Tennessee Department of Health, which referred questions to local law enforcement authorities.
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Boil-water advisory could lift by Thursday, MLGW chief says
Customers are requested to stop dripping faucets and refrain from going to get their car washed. That will help save 10 million gallons of water a day, Doug McGowen said at a press conference Sunday, Jan. 21.
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Boil-water advisory details, when trash is getting picked up and more
MLGW’s water customers remain under a precautionary boil-water advisory.
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MLGW may know by Sunday when boil-water advisory will end
For the first time in about a week, temperatures are expected to rise above freezing Jan. 21 and officials say that will likely reveal more water main breaks and help them gauge the full extent of damage.
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Sanford: Sanitation workers are pawns in a political tussle – again
A $7 increase for enhanced trash collection stalled in a City Council vote. If the increase isn’t approved, 199 full-time Solid Waste employees will lose their jobs.
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More than 17,500 MLGW customers were without power on Christmas
Unlike last year, when more than half the service area lost power during an ice storm, these outages were mostly isolated in the southeastern parts of Shelby County on an unseasonably warm holiday weekend.
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December 2023
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Opinion: An argument against the MLGW rate hike
“The council chairman failed to take advantage of an opportunity to positively affect the lives of thousands of Memphians. Rather than receive help, they were served up hollow words.”
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Opinion: Taxpayers should hold TVA — and MLGW — accountable
“It is suspicious that MLGW prefers to generate power — TVA’s job — rather than publicly admit TVA is hobbled. Whose interests are being protected?”
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November 2023
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City Council questions another MLGW rate hike ahead of vote
As the City Council nears the end of another term, they’re being asked to increase power rates — again.
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Opinion: The state of Memphis’ aquifer is ‘worse than we thought’
Protect Our Aquifer says change is needed “to ensure we have clean drinking water far into the future. We have one chance to get this right. At this point, we are failing.”
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Opinion: MLGW needs more research and public input on critical decisions
“It would be unfair to the citizens of our city if either of these MLGW proposals were approved on Thursday without further serious discussion and the critical input necessary from the ratepayers who could be affected.”
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Opinion: Before another MLGW rate increase, customers deserve answers
“City Council has continuously approved MLGW’s requests, while ratepayers continue to receive subpar, substandard services. It is long past time for the residential customers and stakeholders to be put first!”
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October 2023
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MLGW moves one step closer to new HQ, leaving Downtown
The MLGW Board of Commissioners moved the City of Memphis owned utility one step closer to leaving Downtown and buying a new headquarters in Cordova.
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MLGW board approves electric rate hikes, City Council up next
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MLGW board approves electric rate hikes, City Council up next
Shelby County electric rates are one step closer to going up 12% over the next three years.
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Opinion: Questions for MLGW before voting on a 12% electric rate hike
Opinion: “Instead of our publicly owned utility sharing with us — its owners — where that money has gone, MLGW is once again proposing a hefty rate increase for infrastructure.”
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Mike Palazzolo says restoring Germantown water was ‘Herculean task’
On “Behind the Headlines,” Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo discussed MLGW and the suburb’s crisis that left residents unable to use water from the tap for six days.
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This Week in Memphis: MLGW budget vote, Freedom Awards
A proposed rate increase is on the table for MLGW, the Civil Rights Museum gives out annual awards and Rhodes College will finally inaugurate its president.
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As Memphis flips on LEDs, residents really see the light
Memphis Light, Gas and Water is on track to change all of Memphis’ streetlights to LEDs by year-end, but the project hasn’t been without criticism.
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Letter to the Editor: ‘Solar facts you need to know’
“With energy savings rising every month and with MLGW considering a possible 12% rate increase, I have to ask: How is locking in a fixed energy rate and controlling your own energy usage for life not a good idea for the future?”
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Analysis: What’s next for MLGW’s power-generating investments
MLGW president and CEO Doug McGowen’s plan, if approved, could help address Memphis’ present and future power needs.
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MLGW says power restored in Downtown Memphis
Memphis Light, Gas and Water officials said an equipment failure impacted a “large portion” of Downtown Sunday morning, Oct. 8.
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