MLGW-TVA: A Timeline of the relationship
Here are some of the key dates in the MLGW-TVA saga over the last eight decades, starting with Nov. 6, 1934.
Topic: TVA
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September 2020
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MLGW-TVA: Crump’s political power brought electrical power to Memphis
The political boss believed in public ownership of utilities from the dawn of his considerable influence over the city when he was a city commissioner. And Crump saw private owners of such utilities as political adversaries.
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August 2020
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It’s not about electricity; it’s about buying
When we get into buying big stuff, like $20 billion to $25 billion worth of electricity, there are laws and rules, conventions, traditions and common sense that apply. One of these is getting competitive bids from more than one capable bidder.
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July 2020
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Sheep help land, modern technology coexist at area solar farm
More than 1,000 ewes have come to the Millington Solar Farm as part of a “regenerative energy” initiative.
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May 2020
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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.
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Behind the Headlines: TVA President and CEO Jeff Lyash
MLGW's 80-year partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority is up for renewal. TVA president and CEO Jeff Lyash talks with Eric Barnes and Bill Dries about the benefits of continuing this contract.
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January 2020
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The Early Word: Memphis has opportunities with youth, river port and Grizz
Welcome to the week! Today is Monday, Jan. 13, and the wheel tax, a land swap and a ban on stand-alone apartment buildings are all up for discussion.
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TVA, Memphis ask big things of each other
Memphis wants TVA's property at McKellar Lake for a big, new river port. TVA wants Memphis to remain as a long-term power customer. Will both get what they want?
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November 2019
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TVA holding workshops to help Memphians save on utilities
The Tennessee Valley Authority is hosting free Home Energy Workshops to offer tips for Memphians wanting to lower their utility bills this winter.
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October 2019
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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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April 2019
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Millington flips the switch on Tennessee’s largest solar farm
A ceremonial “Flip the Switch” event officially launched the largest solar facility in Tennessee Tuesday afternoon in Millington.
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Protecting our aquifer: Who’s in charge?
We are one of the largest communities in the United States that depends solely on groundwater for our drinking water. It’s imperative that we become better stewards of this ground and these waters on which we so depend.
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MLGW names 20-member Power Supply Advisory Team
A new 20-member citizens panel named by Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division Tuesday is the next step in a detailed examination of changing the utility's 80-year relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority. MLGW president J.T. Young says the process will keep moving until there is a recommendation.
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December 2018
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TVA says Bellefonte purchase misses closing date
Tennessee Valley Authority officials have called off the sale of the Bellefonte Plant in northeastern Alabama at Friday’s deadline for Nuclear Development LLC to close on the purchase. TVA officials confirmed they called off the sale of the mothballed electricity-producing plant because Nuclear Development, owned by Chattanooga developer Franklin Haney, did not have the necessary approval from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to transfer construction permits.
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November 2018
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Johnson doesn’t want to consider implications of MLGW switch from TVA
At $1 billion, the new TVA Combined Cycle plant has been described by Tennessee Valley Authority president Bill Johnson as a “Rolls Royce Lamborghini” and “the most technically advanced plant in the world.” -
TVA’s new natural-gas power plant christened
State and local officials gathered Thursday morning in South Memphis for the ceremonial opening of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s new Allen Combined Cycle Natural Gas Plant. -
TVA head tells City Council Bellefonte power plan ‘risky’
Tennessee Valley Authority’s leader told the Memphis City Council Tuesday that the cost of activating the Bellefonte nuclear plant in Alabama as a source of electricity for Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division would be “incomprehensible” and come with significant risks. -
TVA gathers public input on developing coal ash plan for Old Allen
The Tennessee Valley Authority will conduct comprehensive research on coal ash from its Allen Fossil Plant in southwest Memphis as part of a look at waste from coal plants across the TVA system.
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October 2018
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Bellefonte plan swims in political currents
Memphis City Council members never got a chance to see the video made by backers of a move to make a renewed Bellefonte Nuclear Plant the major supplier of electrical power to Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division. -
Bellefonte-powered MLGW pitch generates doubts, questions
The former chief operating officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority wants Memphis Light Gas and Water Division to drop TVA as its electrical power supplier in five years.
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September 2018
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For Millington, ‘the sky’s the limit’
Millington is poised for explosive growth as a convergence of factors lead it away from the years as a pit stop for young sailors and into a future of economic maturity.
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