MLGW budget sails through Memphis City Council vote
MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen, seen here in March, told the Memphis City Council that utilities nationwide charge residential customers more than industrial ones. (Greg Campbell/The Daily Memphian file)
MLGW’s $2.5 billion budget doesn’t include any rate increases for the current year, but a previously passed 4% electric rate increase will take effect next year.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. A native Rhode Islander who lives Downtown, he enjoys tennis, golf and reading.
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