Waddell: New MLGW voting reps give stronger voice to the suburbs
“This week the suburbs accomplished something 10 years in the making — getting two official votes on the Memphis Light, Gas & Water board.”
Topic: MLGW
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July 2026
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Bartlett appoints voting member to MLGW board
On Tuesday, Bartlett also approved a new assistant director of finance.
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Collierville rep returning to MLGW board — this time with more power
A new Tennessee law allows Memphis Light, Gas and Water to have two voting representatives from Memphis’ largest suburbs, one from Collierville and another from Bartlett.
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Opinion: Risks of SpaceXAI data center outweigh benefits
“If you plant the right trees in the right places, embrace and care for our native ecosystem, and hold industry and government accountable for their impacts on our environment, we may just succeed.”
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Opinion: Why does my electricity go on vacation more than I do?
“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.”
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Storms lead to power outages across metro
Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s outage map showed more than 15,000 of the utility’s customers without power.
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June 2026
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MLGW could charge SpaceX, other big users more for water
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.
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May 2026
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Gaining by reducing: St. Jude receives $1 million for energy-saving projects
Eight projects saved St. Jude millions and earned the research hospital a reward from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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April 2026
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Wind, rain, hail hit Memphis; flooding possible
A line of thunderstorms bringing strong wind gusts, an inch of rain and even the possibility of a tornado hit Memphis Tuesday afternoon and evening.
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State leaders give Memphis suburbs votes on MLGW board
Locally, two new voting representatives would come from Shelby County’s largest suburbs — Bartlett and Collierville.
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Suburbs could get voting representation on MLGW board
About 30% of the MLGW’s customers live outside the city limits, and new legislation in Nashville could give them a say on the board.
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March 2026
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Morgan Steel expanding locally, adding more than 100 jobs
“We’re serving customers in Ohio, Mississippi and Texas, so we could have started a steel distribution center anywhere in the Southeast,” Morgan Steel CEO said. “But we’re happy to continue to grow right here in Memphis.”
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MLGW recruiting from high schools, Southwest
Memphis Light, Gas and Water partnered with Memphis-Shelby County Schools, Southwest Tennessee Community College and other career and technical organizations in the area for its Customer Service Career Academy.
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February 2026
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MLGW: Price of gas, increased electricity use led to higher bills
The bitter cold that battered Memphis in January has led to February utility bills that are much higher than last year and last month.
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January 2026
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Customers can stop dripping faucets — for now, MLGW says
When temperatures drop below 20 degrees for more than four hours, Memphis Light, Gas and Water says customers should resume dripping their faucets.
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What a year’s worth of xAI power bills tell us
MLGW is in the process of providing updated records, which are expected to significantly alter the totals initially reported in this story.
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Opinion: XAI must power a just transition for Memphis
“Let xAI not be a monument to what was taken from Memphis but a testament to what happens when a city demands justice for its people.”
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From partial records to massive bills: Inside xAI’s $50M Memphis energy footprint
Initial public records provided to The Daily Memphian showed only a fraction of xAI’s true electric consumption and almost none of its natural gas usage, prompting questions about incomplete disclosure.
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Opinion: Cardiac arrest doesn’t wait. Neither should MLGW.
“As organizations set goals for the new year, there’s one resolution that belongs at the top of every leadership agenda: be ready to save a life.”
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November 2025
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MLGW celebrates completion of major South Memphis pipeline project
The celebration of the project’s completion included balloon hats.
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September 2025
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Ask the Memphian: Can Memphis bury its power lines?
Virtually any time Memphis gets enough wind, ice, rain or snow to disrupt the power, the howls start up again: Bury the power lines no matter the cost! But that cost usually dampens those howls.
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City Council gives MLGW go ahead for new operations center
The resolution the City Council passed authorizes MLGW to buy a Cordova property for up to $31.4 million.
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MLGW takes step toward buying Cordova property
MLGW previously considered moving the utility’s headquarters to the same building, but backed off on that plan.
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August 2025
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MLGW eyes Smith & Nephew building for new control room
MLGW has an existing space in mind for a new control room CEO Doug McGowen says is needed. And it’s a property the city-owned utility has looked at before.
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Power outages ease as FESJC resumes after storms
As the golf tournament resumes, MLGW crews are slowly whittling down the number of customers without power after a summer squall dumped an inch of rain on the city Friday afternoon.
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