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Topic: TVA
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February 2025
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Road conditions have improved; MLGW asks customers to conserve
Temperatures in the area are expected to plunge into the teens Thursday. The high temperature on Friday is predicted to hover near freezing.
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January 2025
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Head of TVA, which supplies MLGW, announces retirement
Memphis Light, Gas and Water, which serves the Memphis metro area, is TVA’s largest customer.
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TVA ends voluntary conservation measures, passes peak demand
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s call for voluntary electricity conservation has ended.
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TVA asks customers to start conserving electricity immediately
Conserving electricity means turning thermostats to 68 degrees or below, unplugging unused appliances, and avoiding running the washer, dryer, dishwasher and other appliances that use a lot of electricity.
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December 2024
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Future xAI expansion plans come with power questions
XAI’s planned expansion comes with a pressing question: Where would the project get its power?
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Elon Musk’s xAI poised to invest billions of dollars in Memphis supercomputer
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November 2024
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TVA board votes to serve xAI, but not without questions
Multiple TVA board members asked questions about the impact xAI has had on surrounding neighborhoods in Westwood and Boxtown.
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October 2024
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Opinion: TVA is let off the hook again
“TVA is trying to distract us from remembering its broken promise and now charging us higher rates to fund self-congratulatory ads aimed at making us grateful to be their customer.”
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Tennessee Valley Authority won’t say who limits power use when grid needs it
TVA has about 500 large power users that participate in its demand response system, but it won’t say how much energy they cut when they’re asked. It also won’t say who those 500 users are.
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September 2024
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Skilled-manufacturing program ‘game changer’ for local workers
“With high groceries, rent, gas, everything is expensive,” said Ashley McCray, who’s in the program. “This will be very good for me, so I’m excited about it.”
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August 2024
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Plans accelerate for Memphis greywater plant
After xAI’s supercomputer came online, the Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence startup revamped its plans for a greywater facility to include other large water users.
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Permits not required for temporary xAI turbines
Environmental activists have raised concerns about emissions from the site as well as impact on the region’s drinking water.
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XAI to build greywater plant, could one day sell it to Memphis
The treated wastewater from the plant would replace demand on the region’s supply and save hundreds of millions of drinking water a year from industrial use.
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July 2024
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Musk’s xAI could share greywater plant with TVA
A source close to xAI said it could share a greywater plant with the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA did not dismiss the idea.
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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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March 2024
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Proposed federal legislation targets TVA
A new federal bill could require the Tennessee Valley Authority to consider more public input in its long-term planning process.
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February 2024
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Holly Springs and TVA clash over compliance
Officials met Jan. 31 in Jackson, Mississippi, to address updates from a report issued by the TVA in 2023 detailing safety issues and concerns about the utility provider’s ability to sustain itself.
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December 2023
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Opinion: Taxpayers should hold TVA — and MLGW — accountable
“It is suspicious that MLGW prefers to generate power — TVA’s job — rather than publicly admit TVA is hobbled. Whose interests are being protected?”
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November 2023
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Opinion: The state of Memphis’ aquifer is ‘worse than we thought’
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.”
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Opinion: MLGW needs more research and public input on critical decisions
“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.”
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October 2023
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This Week in Memphis: Grizz home opener, Indie Memphis
Shelby County corrections officers charged in Gershun Freeman’s death make first court appearance, and the Memphis Tigers play their first exhibition game.
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Opinion: Questions for MLGW before voting on a 12% electric rate hike
Opinion: “Instead of our publicly owned utility sharing with us — its owners — where that money has gone, MLGW is once again proposing a hefty rate increase for infrastructure.”
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TVA considers adding new gas-powered turbines at Allen plant
The federally owned utility is exploring an idea to install six new aeroderivative combustion turbine units in southwest Memphis.
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September 2023
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Opinion: In the mayor’s race, the candidates have been ‘silent’ on TVA
“We should ask who is willing to stand-up to TVA’s neglect, disrespect and disregard for our health and our community economic welfare. And who is interested in trying to save our citizens half a billion dollars a year in power costs.”
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June 2023
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TVA braces for heat wave as MLGW calls for energy conservation
“I’m going to ask is that everyone uses sensible measures to conserve electricity where and when you can, irrespective of electrical outage,” MLGW’s McGowen said.
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MLGW expects current power outages to continue through the weekend
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