Opinion: TVA does not invest in West Tennessee
“Heaping praise on power companies that merely do what they are supposed to do is pointless. The now-exposed reality is that TVA is no more reliable than its neighboring utilities.”
Topic: TVA
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January 2023
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Opinion: The winter storm that blew TVA’s cover
“TVA’s days of boasting of reliability ‘superior’ to its neighbors, simply does not hold up to the fact check. Especially when facing the aftermath of acts of God level destruction and storms or extreme temperatures.”
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TVA’s mea culpa: Mother Nature ‘surprised many across the U.S., including us’
The causes behind late December’s rolling blackouts and the causes for concern they raise for future energy needs, especially with climate change and aging infrastructure.
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Winter storm revealed ‘myth of TVA’s invincibility,’ council member says
“I think the myth of TVA’s invincibility has been shown here, and I think we need to remember that as we try to figure out where we’re going to go as a system,” Memphis City Council member Jeff Warren said.
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Millions of gallons of water flooded empty buildings during extreme winter weather
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MLGW plans internal review after blackouts, water crisis
A week after single-digit temperatures descended on Memphis — wreaking havoc on the city’s power supplier and creating a water distribution crisis — Memphis Light, Gas and Water shared plans to address its shortcomings.
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December 2022
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Letter to the Editor: After power outages, are solar and wind the right answer?
“What ruins the appearance of the countryside more than a field of solar energy panels or a bunch of windmills sticking up all over the countryside, unless, of course, you are financially gaining by their use?” writes Lee Todd.
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MLGW issues boil water advisory, begins rolling blackouts
Memphis Light, Gas & Water has issued a boil water advisory for parts of Southeast Memphis, Germantown and Millington. And, after the TVA issued a Step 50 curtailment Saturday morning, MLGW began rolling blackouts with areas north of Downtown, near the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library and North Germantown.
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Over half of MLGW customers have faced rolling blackouts
Tennessee Valley Authority enacted mandatory rolling blackouts among its 153 local power companies on Friday morning. The historic decision came as TVA saw a record power demand.
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Rolling blackouts end— again
Memphis Light, Gas and Water President Doug McGowen will share updates on rolling blackouts and the water boil advisory at a noon press conference.
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Rolling blackouts lasting longer than expected
It’s Christmas Eve and blackouts are back, and lasting longer than expected. And they’re in areas that weren’t expecting to be affected.
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TVA facing outages, record demand as rolling blackouts loom
The TVA faces outages at two of its coal-fired plants and some of its natural gas plants, according to spokesperson Scott Brooks.
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MLGW rolls back rolling blackouts
During a noon press conference, Memphis Light, Gas & Water president and CEO Doug McGowen announced that MLGW will not be doing any rolling blackouts.
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Questions remains over MLGW power bid process
When GDS Associates first evaluated the 20-odd proposals for Memphis’s power supply contract earlier this year, TVA was not the frontrunner. The initial scoring actually awarded the highest score to NextEra Energy.
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MLGW power vote doesn’t pull plug on energy provider questions
Even though MLGW is in some ways back where it started, the power provider RFP wasn’t all for naught, said the utility’s board chair.
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MLGW rejects TVA’s long-term contract
MLGW will continue its 80-year relationship with TVA through its current contract, but Commissioner Carl Person encouraged the board to work closely with the utility to seek an agreement that best suits Memphis and its ratepayers.
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Federal judge hears challenge to TVA’s long-term contracts
U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker presided over a four-hour hearing Thursday concerning the legality of TVA’s long-term contract.
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November 2022
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TVA’s long-term contract in court this week
A lawsuit alleges that TVA’s long-term contracts violate two federal laws. A U.S. district judge will hear the case Thursday.
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TVA employees get $161M in ‘winning performance’ pay
As the utility met or surpassed key fiscal 2022 goals, its workers have each been rewarded with a median check of $6,610.
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TVA CEO Lyash remains federal government’s highest-paid employee
Lyash is the highest-paid federal employee in the country, but an independent consultant said the pay for TVA’s CEO was still 18% below the average of 42 comparable investor-owned utilities.
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TVA’s coal ash cleanup site in Memphis on ‘most contaminated’ list
The report’s complaints hinge on the authors’ interpretation that both the East and West Ponds at the Allen Plant should be subject to federal regulations rather than the state-level commissioner’s order.
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MLGW power vote postponed due to Franklin Haney challenge
The Franklin L. Haney Co. said MLGW’s bid review process was biased toward TVA and it asked that its proposal be rescored.
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New MLGW-TVA contract vote scheduled for later this month
The board vote could end a years-long process over who will be MLGW’s next power supplier.
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MLGW warns of higher consumer costs next year
Though the utility has no plans to increase rates this year — or next — costs are still expected to be 9% higher than last year.
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October 2022
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MLGW extends public comment period for power supply decision
MLGW is accepting comments at PowerSupply@mlgw.org and at board meetings until the board votes.
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‘Worst time’ for MLGW power supply decision, clean energy advocates say
Critics of MLGW’s recommendation to sign a long-term contract with the TVA say the 13 bids were evaluated during highly unusual circumstances.
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