TVA likely to be backup power for xAI
MLGW will not be providing more than a small amount of power to xAI and the Tennessee Valley Authority may not provide a lot either, according to CEO Doug McGowen.
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August 2025
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March 2025
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If MLGW moves headquarters, utility will stay Downtown, CEO says
Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s massive operations could change in the coming years, shifting the city’s industrial geography and potentially opening up key real estate for other uses.
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February 2025
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Proposed xAI water plant is the ‘right thing to do’
Memphis Light, Gas and Water would lose revenue if a water-recycling plant is built. The utility’s CEO still says it’s “what we have been looking for.”
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January 2025
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City crews to remain vigilant about road conditions
Memphis Public Works crews remain on city streets Friday evening as snow that melted during the day ices over. But the city’s first responders to the snow say the day was much easier than the ice and snow storm a year ago this month.
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MLGW ready for winter weather, Doug McGowen says
Memphis Light, Gas and Water CEO Doug McGowen said the utility has been working to insulate key equipment during the cold.
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MLGW: xAI’s massive expansion a long way from connecting to grid
“It is a physics problem, not a political problem, on how much energy can be provided here,” MLGW CEO Doug McGowen told the Memphis City Council on Tuesday.
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November 2024
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MLGW budget sails through Memphis City Council vote
MLGW’s $2.5 billion budget doesn’t include any rate increases for the current year, but a previously passed 4% electric rate increase will take effect next year.
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MLGW CEO: Removing lead pipes in Memphis
“Everyone deserves to live in a safe home regardless of its age or their income. ... Lead service lines can be a source of exposure to the harmful impacts of lead.”
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MLGW launching mailer campaign on lead water pipes
MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen says on “Behind The Headlines” the utility has the money to replace its lines and is working on funding to replace it on the customer’s side of the connection.
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September 2024
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MLGW ready for heavy rain as Hurricane Helene felt in Mid-South
MLGW is ready for heavy rain but isn’t expecting winds as strong as those associated with Hurricane Francine.
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August 2024
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Residents, activists voice concerns, hear details of xAI project
The meeting hosted by MLGW alongside Memphis City Council member Pearl Walker came after months of community worry about the project, which promises to add the electrical equivalent of several thousand homes to the utility’s distribution system.
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July 2024
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MLGW, xAI on ‘dual tracks’ to design greywater treatment plant
Memphis Light, Gas and Water announced its plans for a greywater treatment facility, running parallel to the greywater facility plans of Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence company xAI.
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Memphis xAI facility could be completed this month
The Elon Musk-founded supercomputer is halfway through construction, and the company’s preliminary engineering plans for its greywater plant are almost complete.
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June 2024
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What does xAI’s arrival mean for Memphis’ water supply and electric grid?
The arrival of xAI’s “gigafactory of compute” could pose new challenges and opportunities for the region’s electric grid.
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May 2024
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Shelby County solar-farm regulations issue comes to a close at City Council
The final vote on the joint city-county ordinance came a day after the Shelby County Board of Commissioners approved the same compromise.
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April 2024
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More MLGW salaries, contracts will have to go before City Council
The Memphis City Council will have more direct control over Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s spending for at least six months.
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March 2024
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MLGW’s smart meter saga continues
Nearly a year and a half after Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s smart meters started breaking — and just as the utility thought it was almost done repairing them — another issue has arisen.
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MLGW pushes back on council proposal for more say-so on contracts, salaries
Had the proposed limits been in place last year, the Memphis City Council would have needed to approve about a tenth of MLGW’s new external hires, or 23 employees.
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MLGW chief talks reducing future power outages
At an Arlington luncheon, MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen discussed plans to modernize and upgrade infrastructure to lower the number of homes and businesses that lose power during storms.
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Ursula Madden’s MLGW salary vote punted to next meeting
The Memphis City Council has to approve any MLGW salary more than $180,000, but that number could soon change.
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February 2024
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MLGW typically plans five years ahead. ‘MLGW 2045’ will change that
“It’s important that we take a look ahead, because the challenges are not going to get any easier,” MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said Tuesday, Feb. 27.
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MLGW has 8 months to inventory Memphis’ lead pipes
About 90 miles of pipes concentrated in the oldest parts of the city are suspected to contain lead — based on preliminary surveys — but MLGW expects to know more by fall.
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MLGW to drill more wells to keep water pressure up during emergencies
Because of a combination of “hard fiscal decisions in the past” and lower water demand, MLGW delayed installing new wells even as old wells aged out.
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Fix for flashing streetlights in sight, says MLGW CEO
Memphis Light, Gas and Water has moved into the second phase of its project to replace the city’s old sodium streetlights with LED bulbs.
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January 2024
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Memphis avoided major power outages during a recent winter storm. How?
Even though it was colder for longer, Memphis got a welcome surprise this past storm: The power mostly stayed on.
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