There are 5 article(s) tagged Bill Johnson:

• August 2021

  • Federal court rules TVA refusal to close on sale of Bellefonte plant was legal

    Developer Franklin Haney’s plan to buy the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant and sell the electric power it generated to Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division started the ongoing exploration of MLGW possibly leaving the Tennessee Valley Authority.

    By Bill Dries August 28, 2021

• February 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

• January 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

  • 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.”

    By Bill Dries November 13, 2018

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries November 07, 2018