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January 2020
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Saturday storms take down trees, power throughout Memphis area
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division representatives say they hope to have all power restored by the end of Monday after storms Saturday knocked out power for many across the city and county.
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Modified MLGW rate hike proposal faces uphill battle with city council
The original electric rate hike proposal voted down by the City Council last month was replaced Jan. 8 with a Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division proposal that is two cents lower on the average monthly residential bill.
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MLGW makes new electric rate hike proposal
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division is proposing a new electric rate hike that would be less steep than an earlier proposal in the first of three years, but about the same overall. Meanwhile, some city council members want to pair the rate hike decision with whether MLGW cuts its ties with the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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New council picks up where old council left off on MLGW electric rate hike
The old council rejected a multi-year electric rate hike at its last meeting of the term last month. The new council talks compromise Tuesday in committee sessions with MLGW brass.
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The Early Word: New year, new youth program; a deuce of a lawsuit
Good morning; it’s Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Today marks the beginning of Hoopfest Memphis, which includes 13 high school basketball games and used to be called the Penny Hardaway Classic.
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Water supply study slowed by negotiations between MLGW, CAESER
A five-year, $5 million study of potential threats to Memphis’ drinking water supply has been slowed by protracted contract negotiations between MLGW and a University of Memphis research unit.
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December 2019
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Young: MLGW will review options, even if TVA offers deal
The president and CEO of MLGW outlines the Integrated Resources Plan that will play a large part in any recommendation from MLGW and what would happen if TVA tried to make a deal with the utility.
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Council approves solid waste, partial MLGW fee hikes
Water and gas rate hikes were approved but a proposed electric rate hike was rejected. The council also took back its rejection of a solid waste fee hike that goes on the same monthly utility bills. That after Mayor Jim Strickland threatened layoffs and reductions in garbage service in the new year without the hike.
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Last council meeting of year features final vote on residency
The City Council could also Tuesday revisit its decision two weeks ago to reject a solid waste fee hike. Mayor Jim Strickland said no fee hike could lead to laying off sanitation workers and scaling back garbage pickups of curbside trash. The combination with the MLGW rate hike proposal could cause the council to do either/or but not both.
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Council takes final vote on solid waste fee hike, Fairgrounds development
The decisions at Tuesday’s council session would remove two items from the agenda of the council that leaves office at the end of the month. Other items are straddling the New Year’s line between the council leaving office and the new council that takes office in January.
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November 2019
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Smiley emerges from campaign to new role as one of 13 on new City Council
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, incoming City Council member J.B. Smiley Jr. said he would like to have a voice in the current council's decision about residency requirements. But he said he accepts if the referendum on the matter is approved by the current council before members leave office. He also said concerns about reliability if MLGW breaks ties with TVA might be a "scare tactic."
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Busy City Council agenda features Loews, Union Row and Pinch decisions
Memphis City Council members have paperwork on their agenda Tuesday for the second convention center hotel project, changes to the Union Row project incentives and a supplement to the Pinch District redevelopment.
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Conrad prepares to show new council members the ropes, pushes for residency vote
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, outgoing council Chairman Kemp Conrad discusses Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division rate hikes and a recent visit to Hungary.
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MLGW’s Young talks ‘end game’ in utility’s coming decision on TVA
MLGW brass, TVA leaders and Memphis City Council members met Wednesday at City Hall for the latest discussion in a decision the utility and the city are expected to make in 2020.
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Third attempt at multi-year MLGW rate hikes prompts questions
City council members got their first look at not only the MLGW budget that includes rate hikes but the efficiency study that is being used to leaven the impact of the rate hikes. The council reviews all of it again in two weeks and could also vote at the Nov. 19 council session.
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City Council weighs end-of-term decisions versus matters for new council
The City Council gets its first detailed look Tuesday at a Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division rate hike proposal and talks with Mayor Jim Strickland about next steps in restoring benefits to police and firefighters.
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Young takes mixture of MLGW rate hikes, infrastructure plan to City Hall
The plan goes to a tough audience of City Council members Tuesday for a first look. The council has twice in the past two years rejected such rate hike requests from MLGW after debating the right balance between rate hikes in a poor city and the need to update the utility's infrastructure for one of the city's most basic services.
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Politics Podcast: MLGW rate hike proposal and a cost-cutting plan
Memphis Light Gas and Water Division president CEO J.T. Young talks about the report recommending a cut in more than 300 employees, other savings and the rate hike proposal he is about to take to City Hall.
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October 2019
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Weather Service preliminary report shows EF-1 tornado hit Memphis area
Memphis International Airport received minor damage and temporarily evacuated A and C concourses Monday during a storm that still has more than 30,000 customers of Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division without power.
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TVA changing focus of solar energy efforts
The Tennessee Valley Authority is turning its focus toward large-scale solar projects as opposed to solar buy-back programs from residential and small business customers.
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September 2019
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Power outages, flooding create infrastructure concerns for Germantown residents
Frequent power outages and flooding issues this summer have caused Germantown residents concern about the city's infrastructure. City officials and MLGW say relief for many impacted residents is not part of the current 2019-20 budget.
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July 2019
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MLGW, BBB issue warnings about utility scam
Scammers pretending to be from Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division are targeting people in the Memphis area and threatening to cut off their service.
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Germantown residents seek MLGW promises on power problems
Some Germantown residents are weary of frequent power outages and want Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division to address the issue. But during a meeting Tuesday night, MLGW officials could not promise when power issues might be resolved.
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MLGW hires Siemens as consultant for integrated resource plan
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division has hired Siemens Industry Inc. as its consultant in developing an integrated resource plan.
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