There are 110 article(s) tagged Tennessee Valley Authority:

• March 2019

  • City Council members, TVA officials meet against backdrop of possible MLGW split from TVA

    Memphis City Council members met Tuesday in Chattanooga with Tennessee Valley Authority officials.

    By Bill Dries March 27, 2019

  • Kelsey calls for TVA to expedite Allen Fossil Plant coal ash removal

    State Sen. Brian Kelsey is urging the Tennessee Valley Authority to be “expeditious” in removing toxic coal ash from containment ponds at Allen Fossil Plant on President’s Island in Memphis.

    By Sam Stockard March 27, 2019

• February 2019

  • Ryder confirmed by Senate for TVA board

    John Ryder's confirmation by the Senate came on a busy Thursday in D.C. that included U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander calling from the Senate floor for an alternative to President Donald Trump's national emergency.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2019

  • MLGW to talk with other electric providers as it weighs long-term future with TVA

    MLGW president and CEO J.T. Young says the utility will talk with some alternate electric providers as it weighs a long-range examination of ending or altering its 80-year relationship with TVA. 

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2019

  • Vote on MLGW rate hike mixes with talk of TVA split

    Memphis City Council members will try again Tuesday to make a final decision on Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division's rate hikes in an atmosphere that has come to also include questions about the future of the utility’s 80-year relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

    By Bill Dries February 19, 2019

  • MLGW to take closer look at alternative electricity providers

    Memphis Light Gas and Water Division president and CEO J.T. Young said the utility will move ahead with a more detailed “integrated resources plan,” following Friday's presentation of the results of a study conducted by GDS Associates Inc.

    By Bill Dries February 01, 2019

  • MLGW to get report on alternatives to TVA electricity

    The MLGW board gets its first look at a report on possibly buying electricity from someone other than TVA at a special meeting Friday.

    By Bill Dries February 01, 2019

• January 2019

  • Bellefonte backers say MLGW rate hikes ‘fork in the road’ for TVA switch

    The CEO of Nuclear Development LLC said Memphis is at a crossroads for a potential shift away from TVA as the city's electrical power supplier with recent rate hikes proposed by MLGW. The coming city council decision on the rate hikes could intersect with the push by Nuclear Development.

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2019

  • Outgoing TVA president touts authority’s role in Memphis economic development

    Retiring TVA president Bill Johnson told a Memphis group Tuesday that the federal power provider is the best value for MLGW, its largest customer, beyond the electricity the utility buys from TVA.

    By Bill Dries January 15, 2019

• November 2018

  • Bellefonte backers make MLGW switch to MISO a priority

    The development company with a plan to supply Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division with electrical power from the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant has put that plan on the back burner.

    By Bill Dries November 29, 2018