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“The real problem here — the sweaty elephant in the room — is infrastructure sorely in need of an upgrade. But as an average user who just expects the lights to come on when I flip the switch, I can’t accept that power in an urban area should go out so easily, so often and for so long.”
Memphis Light, Gas and Water could soon charge heavy water users a fee based on how much water they consume and when they consume it.
A standing-room only crowd in Whitehaven heard that the Elvis Presley Boulevard project, begun in 2013, may last another five years.
While discussing serious issues related to the Shelby County Jail, sheriff’s candidates talk chicken wings, and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen visits Nashville during Congress’ break in D.C.
There are 19 Lone Sailor monuments around the world in places like Normandy, France, Guam and Pearl Harbor. Millington would like to be the 20th.
City Council members meeting online Tuesday heard from city division directors with a cautiously optimistic view of how the city has handled the cold. MPD Chief C.J. Davis said crime was down 75%.
Memphis Mayor Paul Young and the head of MLGW Doug McGowen are offering some hope — but also some warnings — as the city braces for a winter storm that’s already drawing comparisons to the 1994 ice storm.
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.
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. Related content:
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.”
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.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water CEO Doug McGowen said the utility has been working to insulate key equipment during the cold.
“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.
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. Related content:
“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.”Related content:
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.
MLGW is ready for heavy rain but isn’t expecting winds as strong as those associated with Hurricane Francine.
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. Related story:
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.
The Elon Musk-founded supercomputer is halfway through construction, and the company’s preliminary engineering plans for its greywater plant are almost complete.
The arrival of xAI’s “gigafactory of compute” could pose new challenges and opportunities for the region’s electric grid.
The final vote on the joint city-county ordinance came a day after the Shelby County Board of Commissioners approved the same compromise.
The Memphis City Council will have more direct control over Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s spending for at least six months.
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.
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.