There are 65 article(s) tagged J.T. Young:

• February 2021

  • Boil advisory could end within days, MLGW says

    State environmental officials are helping in the effort to find leaks and resolve water problems.

    By Yolanda Jones, Bill Dries February 24, 2021

  • MLGW’s water crisis came after funding for infrastructure overhaul was delayed

    When the city’s water system became a crisis last week, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division was several months underway with a five-year $142.4 million overhaul of water system infrastructure. 

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2021

  • MLGW to suspend nonpayment cutoffs; boil water advisory ongoing

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division will suspend service cutoffs for nonpayment until further notice and extend its pandemic payment plan option. The boil water advisory remains in effect.

    By Daja E. Henry February 21, 2021

  • MLGW: No residential water cutoffs planned

    But a cutoff to large industrial water customers is a possibility if water pressure problems persist, MLGW President and CEO J.T. Young said Friday. Related article: Street clearing effort moves beyond major thoroughfares

    By Bill Dries, Yolanda Jones February 20, 2021

  • MLGW compares water situation to ‘a critical patient’

    Memphis, Light, Gas and Water’s water pressure situation has improved since Friday, but the utility organization’s president J.T. Young said it’s still “a critical patient.” He may have a better timetable Sunday on lifting the boil water advisory. Meanwhile, City Council members look at the water crisis.

    By Omer Yusuf, Bill Dries February 20, 2021

  • MLGW issues first ever boil order alert and road crews move to end game through Monday

    Low water pressure in Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division’s water grid prompted the utility to issue a rare boil water alert Thursday afternoon.

    By Bill Dries February 18, 2021

• November 2020

  • MLGW talks of need to ‘reframe’ question of whether to leave TVA

    MLGW president and CEO J.T. Young said the utility should put more emphasis on electric rate savings for customers as it pursues the question of leaving or staying with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

    By Bill Dries November 04, 2020

• October 2020

  • MLGW board won’t meet with City Council over stalled look at TVA exit

    Attorneys for the utility board warned against a joint meeting with City Council members the day after the council rejected a contract to move ahead with a look at replacing TVA as MLGW’s electric power supplier.

    By Bill Dries October 07, 2020

• September 2020

  • MLGW board hires consulting firm to seek proposals for power sources

    MLGW votes to hire Georgia consulting firm to get proposals on companies seeking to replace TVA as the energy source for the utility. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 25, 2020

  • MLGW close to hiring familiar consulting firm in TVA exploration

    GDS Associates, a Georgia company whose report in February 2019 kicked off MLGW’s examination of cutting ties to the Tennessee Valley Authority, is recommended for the $520,000 contract. 

    By Bill Dries September 17, 2020

  • MLGW to name consultant on power supply decision in two weeks

    The Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division board could have a decision in two weeks on the firm that will oversee the next steps in deciding whether to stay with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

    By Bill Dries September 02, 2020

• August 2020

  • MLGW board moves to speed up review of TVA exit options

    As expected, the utility is moving to a request-for-proposal process that would seek specific proposals from electric power suppliers that could replace the Tennessee Valley Authority.

    By Bill Dries August 19, 2020

  • Next step in MLGW-TVA relationship is probably request for proposals

    The MLGW board meets Wednesday and is likely to get a recommendation from its CEO to find a firm to field price quotes and other specific options toward either staying with TVA or what life after TVA looks like.

    By Bill Dries August 18, 2020

• May 2020

  • Behind the Headlines: MLGW President and CEO J.T. Young

    Listen as J.T. Young discusses the Integrated Resource Plan, a process to help MLGW find the most cost-effective, eco-friendly and reliable energy source.

    By Eric Barnes May 31, 2020

  • Stay or Leave TVA: Critical first draft report expected to say it’s more complicated

    The first draft report, which MLGW will release by Friday, likely won't outline a simple unplugging from TVA and plugging in somewhere else. MLGW's president and CEO said in a "Behind the Headlines" interview it's a risky move without the utility generating some of its own power. And two Entergy executives nearby back him on that assertion.

    By Bill Dries May 29, 2020

  • MLGW general counsel sees problems with mayor taking MISO proposal

    Cheryl Patterson says the utility board makes the first decision on whether MLGW stays or leaves TVA.

    By Bill Dries May 20, 2020

  • MLGW bonds move forward as TVA debate simmers

    The council moved $354 million in bonds closer to a summer issuance. But the bonds took a back seat to more maneuvering in the question of whether MLGW should continue its 80-year relationship with TVA. And in the process, it looks like one rival to TVA may have been ruled out.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2020

• February 2020

  • Young: TVA/MLGW question likely biggest in utility’s history

    In his first "State of MLGW" address, President and CEO J.T. Young said power outages are up and are lasting longer as the utility begins its $1 billion five-year infrastructure overhaul. 

    By Bill Dries February 20, 2020

  • MLGW in talks to remove payment kiosks from payday lenders

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water President J.T. Young says the utility is exploring ending its contract with a payment kiosk company that includes payment stations at 30 ACE Cash Express outlets.

    By Bill Dries February 18, 2020

• January 2020

  • City Council raises electric rates, looks at cutting ties with TVA

    The rate hike marks a breakthrough for MLGW, which has had two other multi-year rate-hike proposals rejected by the Council in the past two years. The legal opinion on bonds backed by projected post-TVA savings was part of the compromise.

    By Bill Dries January 22, 2020

  • 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. 

    By Bill Dries January 09, 2020

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2020

• December 2019

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries December 30, 2019

• November 2019

  • 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. 

    By Bill Dries November 13, 2019

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries November 05, 2019