Opinion: Taxpayers should hold TVA — and MLGW — accountable
‘MLGW executives have protected TVA over residential ratepayers for years’
"We firmly support (Doug) McGowen’s focus on grid upgrades, but honest discussion regarding TVA and rate hikes is in order given TVA’s 2032 debacle,” writes Jim Gilliland Jr., a member of the 450 Million for Memphis, which advocates an open bid process for the city’s power supply. (Courtesy MLGW)
Jim Gilliland Jr.
Jim Gilliland Jr. has worked 22 years in the project finance and public finance sectors in the municipal bond market and has focused on electric utilities and independent power producers. He is currently in municipal bond investment management at Diversified Trust Co. He is a member of $450 Million for Memphis, which advocates an open bid process for the city’s power supply.
“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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