There are 65 article(s) tagged Memphis Light Gas and Water Division:

• May 2020

  • Behind the Headlines: MLGW President and CEO J.T. Young

    Listen as J.T. Young discusses the Integrated Resource Plan, a process to help MLGW find the most cost-effective, eco-friendly and reliable energy source.

    By Eric Barnes May 31, 2020

  • Council Scorecard: Mask ordinance and MLGW bonds

    The latest edition of our tracking of Memphis City Council votes includes May council moves on an ordinance that would require masks for face covering to be worn in public and some larger issues that showed up in votes on Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division bond issue votes.

    By Bill Dries May 19, 2020

• April 2020

  • Wade role as $354 million MLGW bond co-counsel surfaces again

    The city council's attorney has been bond counsel on 17 of the 18 Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division bond issues over the past 28 years. The relationship is being brought up again as the utility's relationship with TVA is being examined. 

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2020

• February 2020

  • Questions surrounding MLGW break from TVA surface at meeting

    Those who will make a recommendation on whether the Memphis utility supplier should cut ties with the TVA want a scenario on switching to Midcontinent Independent System Operator included in the research.

    By Bill Dries February 27, 2020

  • Young: TVA/MLGW question likely biggest in utility’s history

    In his first "State of MLGW" address, President and CEO J.T. Young said power outages are up and are lasting longer as the utility begins its $1 billion five-year infrastructure overhaul. 

    By Bill Dries February 20, 2020

  • MLGW in talks to remove payment kiosks from payday lenders

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water President J.T. Young says the utility is exploring ending its contract with a payment kiosk company that includes payment stations at 30 ACE Cash Express outlets.

    By Bill Dries February 18, 2020

  • What comes after MLGW rate hike? That’s the topic of discussion

    After winning approval of multi-year rate hikes for gas, water and electric, leaders of the utility division are still talking about efficiencies and accountability with the Memphis City Council members who approved those rate hikes.

    By Bill Dries February 09, 2020

• January 2020

  • Aquifer study cleared to continue after holdup in MLGW funding

    A $1,235,000 contract amendment for research on the Memphis Sand aquifer has been executed by Memphis Light Gas and Water and University of Memphis. It's retroactive to last July 1.

    By Wayne Risher January 25, 2020

  • Germantown residents hope outages decrease with MLGW rate hike

    Germantown will benefit from the MLGW rate hike approved this week. J.T. Young says cable repairs are a part of the company's improvement plan.

    By Abigail Warren January 23, 2020

  • MLGW seeks firmer grasp of aquifer study’s progress

    Memphis Light, Gas & Water's new contract with University of Memphis on a five-year aquifer study adds data and reporting requirements designed to keep the utility abreast of research activity.

    By Wayne Risher January 23, 2020

  • City Council raises electric rates, looks at cutting ties with TVA

    The rate hike marks a breakthrough for MLGW, which has had two other multi-year rate-hike proposals rejected by the Council in the past two years. The legal opinion on bonds backed by projected post-TVA savings was part of the compromise.

    By Bill Dries January 22, 2020

  • Council to discuss pulling residency referendum from November ballot

    The discussion over the residency item is another indication of new thoughts on a city council with six new members. The second council meeting of the year also features more discussion and a possible vote on an electric rate increase from Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division and possible funding for Mayor Jim Strickland's Public Service Corps.

    By Bill Dries January 21, 2020

  • MLGW: Extra crews, planning minimized storm’s wallop

    The utility expected all power to be restored to customers by midnight Monday. Presidents Island had the most sustained damage, with numerous power poles broken or uprooted by straight-line winds.

    By Bill Dries January 13, 2020

  • Modified MLGW rate hike proposal faces uphill battle with city council

    The original electric rate hike proposal voted down by the City Council last month was replaced Jan. 8 with a Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division proposal that is two cents lower on the average monthly residential bill. 

    By Bill Dries January 09, 2020

  • New council picks up where old council left off on MLGW electric rate hike

    The old council rejected a multi-year electric rate hike at its last meeting of the term last month. The new council talks compromise Tuesday in committee sessions with MLGW brass.

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2020

  • The Early Word: New year, new youth program; a deuce of a lawsuit

    Good morning; it’s Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Today marks the beginning of Hoopfest Memphis, which includes 13 high school basketball games and used to be called the Penny Hardaway Classic.

    By Mary Cashiola January 02, 2020

  • Water supply study slowed by negotiations between MLGW, CAESER

    A five-year, $5 million study of potential threats to Memphis’ drinking water supply has been slowed by protracted contract negotiations between MLGW and a University of Memphis research unit. 

    By Wayne Risher January 02, 2020

• December 2019

  • Young: MLGW will review options, even if TVA offers deal

    The president and CEO of MLGW outlines the Integrated Resources Plan that will play a large part in any recommendation from MLGW and what would happen if TVA tried to make a deal with the utility.

    By Bill Dries December 30, 2019

  • Last council meeting of year features final vote on residency

    The City Council could also Tuesday revisit its decision two weeks ago to reject a solid waste fee hike. Mayor Jim Strickland said no fee hike could lead to laying off sanitation workers and scaling back garbage pickups of curbside trash. The combination with the MLGW rate hike proposal could cause the council to do either/or but not both.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2019

  • Council takes final vote on solid waste fee hike, Fairgrounds development

    The decisions at Tuesday’s council session would remove two items from the agenda of the council that leaves office at the end of the month. Other items are straddling the New Year’s line between the council leaving office and the new council that takes office in January.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2019

• November 2019

  • Smiley emerges from campaign to new role as one of 13 on new City Council

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, incoming City Council member J.B. Smiley Jr. said he would like to have a voice in the current council's decision about residency requirements. But he said he accepts if the referendum on the matter is approved by the current council before members leave office. He also said concerns about reliability if MLGW breaks ties with TVA might be a "scare tactic."

    By Bill Dries November 22, 2019

  • Busy City Council agenda features Loews, Union Row and Pinch decisions

    Memphis City Council members have paperwork on their agenda Tuesday for the second convention center hotel project, changes to the Union Row project incentives and a supplement to the Pinch District redevelopment.

    By Bill Dries November 19, 2019

  • Conrad prepares to show new council members the ropes, pushes for residency vote

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, outgoing council Chairman Kemp Conrad discusses Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division rate hikes and a recent visit to Hungary. 

    By Bill Dries November 15, 2019

  • MLGW’s Young talks ‘end game’ in utility’s coming decision on TVA

    MLGW brass, TVA leaders and Memphis City Council members met Wednesday at City Hall for the latest discussion in a decision the utility and the city are expected to make in 2020. 

    By Bill Dries November 13, 2019

  • Third attempt at multi-year MLGW rate hikes prompts questions

    City council members got their first look at not only the MLGW budget that includes rate hikes but the efficiency study that is being used to leaven the impact of the rate hikes. The council reviews all of it again in two weeks and could also vote at the Nov. 19 council session.

    By Bill Dries November 05, 2019