Warren: MLGW voting rights remain in Memphis
The issue of having a suburban vote on the MLGW board lost steam this week.
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The issue of having a suburban vote on the MLGW board lost steam this week.
A megapack would provide 1.9 megawatts of power and cost about $1.1 million.
A source close to xAI said it could share a greywater plant with the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA did not dismiss the idea. 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.
Information obtained by The Daily Memphian through a Tennessee Public Records Act request shows xAI could rank among the top-five Memphis Light, Gas and Water customers.
The arrival of xAI’s “gigafactory of compute” could pose new challenges and opportunities for the region’s electric grid.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water took one of its former tree-trimming contractors to court, alleging the company’s failure to perform put Memphis at risk of power outages.
The Memphis City Council once again expressed broad skepticism of adding voting suburban seats to the Memphis, Light, Gas and Water board.
In November, Memphis voters could allow the other residents of Shelby County — who all pay for at least electricity from Memphis Light, Gas and Water — to have a vote on their electric rates.
Because Tennessee has never regulated PFAS, it’s unknown how much of the forever chemicals are in Memphis’ drinking water.
The Memphis City Council will have more direct control over Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s spending for at least six months.
An intense thunderstorm Tuesday morning knocked out power to tens of thousands of MLGW customers, according to the utility’s outage map.
After 17 years at Memphis Light, Gas and Water, a Memphis executive has been appointed as interim president and CEO of the Memphis Urban League.
The causes of the deaths in Shelby County were not provided by the Tennessee Department of Health, which referred questions to local law enforcement authorities.
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. College campuses in the area closed again MondayRelated stories:
Area schools close Monday as snow, ice struggle to thaw
MLGW’s water customers remain under a precautionary boil-water advisory.
For the first time in about a week, temperatures are expected to rise above freezing Jan. 21 and officials say that will likely reveal more water main breaks and help them gauge the full extent of damage.
A $7 increase for enhanced trash collection stalled in a City Council vote. If the increase isn’t approved, 199 full-time Solid Waste employees will lose their jobs.
Unlike last year, when more than half the service area lost power during an ice storm, these outages were mostly isolated in the southeastern parts of Shelby County on an unseasonably warm holiday weekend.
“The council chairman failed to take advantage of an opportunity to positively affect the lives of thousands of Memphians. Rather than receive help, they were served up hollow words.”
“It is suspicious that MLGW prefers to generate power — TVA’s job — rather than publicly admit TVA is hobbled. Whose interests are being protected?”
As the City Council nears the end of another term, they’re being asked to increase power rates — again.
Protect Our Aquifer says change is needed “to ensure we have clean drinking water far into the future. We have one chance to get this right. At this point, we are failing.”
“It would be unfair to the citizens of our city if either of these MLGW proposals were approved on Thursday without further serious discussion and the critical input necessary from the ratepayers who could be affected.”