MLGW CEO: Removing lead pipes in Memphis
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Topic: Doug McGowen
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November 2024
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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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Water is Memphis’ new weather problem. What can be done to fix it?
Three years ago, Memphis Light, Gas and Water issued its first boil-water advisory for the area. Since then, it’s issued four more.
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Boil-water advisory could lift by Thursday, MLGW chief says
Customers are requested to stop dripping faucets and refrain from going to get their car washed. That will help save 10 million gallons of water a day, Doug McGowen said at a press conference Sunday, Jan. 21.
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TVA power demand could hit record high by Wednesday, affecting Memphis
The last time MLGW’s power supplier TVA experienced record power demand, Memphis had its first rolling blackouts.
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Memphis gears up for coming winter storm
“This is not a time to panic,” said Memphis Light, Gas and Water president and CEO Doug McGowen. “It’s a time to prepare.”
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December 2023
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Strickland exits as a tough political foe and dominant force in local politics
With an ability to cross racial lines, the outgoing Memphis mayor was a boss who knew how to delegate and trust experts but did not abdicate responsibility for making decisions.
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Through storms of COVID and crime, Strickland’s Memphis pushed forward
Jim Strickland’s years as mayor took Memphis into its third century of existence, through the COVID-19 pandemic and brought it face-to-face with some of the worst crimes and crime waves in its modern history.
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MLGW wraps up smart meter fixes, but billing problems linger
Whitehaven resident Patricia Smith is one of about 10% of MLGW customers affected by billing issues over the past year due to faulty smart meters.
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