There are 68 article(s) tagged Tennessee Valley Authority:

• August 2019

  • TVA proposes new transmission line between Freeport substation and Allen plant transmission lines

    The Tennessee Valley Authority is proposing to build 2.7 miles of new transmission line on the Memphis side of the Mississippi state line.

    By Bill Dries August 27, 2019

• July 2019

  • MLGW hires Siemens as consultant for integrated resource plan

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division has hired Siemens Industry Inc. as its consultant in developing an integrated resource plan.

    By Bill Dries July 22, 2019

• June 2019

  • Friends of the Earth calls for $250M weatherization effort for Memphis

    The environmental group among those urging Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division to look at possible changes to the utility’s relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority is pushing a $250 million, five-year weatherization program for Memphis. Friends of the Earth launched the “Memphis Save Energy, Save Dollars” program with a rally Saturday.

    By Bill Dries June 30, 2019

• May 2019

  • Review of MLGW-TVA relationship could mean ‘variety of changes’

    A member of the advisory group to MLGW on such a plan says on "Behind the Headlines" the complex undertaking could hold several changes beyond who supplies wholesale electric power to the local utility.

    By Bill Dries May 31, 2019

  • Lyash pitches staying with TVA, drops name of rival power supplier to citizens group

    Jeff Lyash spoke Thursday at the second meeting of an advisory group to Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division on the question of ending or changing the utility's 80-year relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

    By Bill Dries May 17, 2019

• April 2019

  • Task force on TVA-MLGW relationship gets down to business of power Tuesday

    A 20-member advisory group on the idea of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division changing its relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority meets Tuesday for the first time.

    By Bill Dries April 30, 2019

  • TVA’s Lyash says MLGW decision on future relationship should take long view

    TVA CEO and president Jeff Lyash said during a Memphis visit on his third day on the job that the power industry will see as much change in the next 20 years as it did in the last half-century.

    By Bill Dries April 10, 2019

  • Coming TVA-MLGW discussion promises to be technical, complex and political

    The landscape of considerations includes a close reading of the city charter, the role of a "balancing authority" and where the electric power comes from.

    By Bill Dries April 05, 2019

• March 2019

  • City Council members, TVA officials meet against backdrop of possible MLGW split from TVA

    Memphis City Council members met Tuesday in Chattanooga with Tennessee Valley Authority officials.

    By Bill Dries March 27, 2019

  • Kelsey calls for TVA to expedite Allen Fossil Plant coal ash removal

    State Sen. Brian Kelsey is urging the Tennessee Valley Authority to be “expeditious” in removing toxic coal ash from containment ponds at Allen Fossil Plant on President’s Island in Memphis.

    By Sam Stockard March 27, 2019

• February 2019

  • Ryder confirmed by Senate for TVA board

    John Ryder's confirmation by the Senate came on a busy Thursday in D.C. that included U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander calling from the Senate floor for an alternative to President Donald Trump's national emergency.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2019

  • MLGW to talk with other electric providers as it weighs long-term future with TVA

    MLGW president and CEO J.T. Young says the utility will talk with some alternate electric providers as it weighs a long-range examination of ending or altering its 80-year relationship with TVA. 

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2019

  • Vote on MLGW rate hike mixes with talk of TVA split

    Memphis City Council members will try again Tuesday to make a final decision on Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division's rate hikes in an atmosphere that has come to also include questions about the future of the utility’s 80-year relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

    By Bill Dries February 19, 2019

  • MLGW to take closer look at alternative electricity providers

    Memphis Light Gas and Water Division president and CEO J.T. Young said the utility will move ahead with a more detailed “integrated resources plan,” following Friday's presentation of the results of a study conducted by GDS Associates Inc.

    By Bill Dries February 01, 2019

  • MLGW to get report on alternatives to TVA electricity

    The MLGW board gets its first look at a report on possibly buying electricity from someone other than TVA at a special meeting Friday.

    By Bill Dries February 01, 2019

• January 2019

  • Bellefonte backers say MLGW rate hikes ‘fork in the road’ for TVA switch

    The CEO of Nuclear Development LLC said Memphis is at a crossroads for a potential shift away from TVA as the city's electrical power supplier with recent rate hikes proposed by MLGW. The coming city council decision on the rate hikes could intersect with the push by Nuclear Development.

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2019

  • Outgoing TVA president touts authority’s role in Memphis economic development

    Retiring TVA president Bill Johnson told a Memphis group Tuesday that the federal power provider is the best value for MLGW, its largest customer, beyond the electricity the utility buys from TVA.

    By Bill Dries January 15, 2019

• November 2018

  • Bellefonte backers make MLGW switch to MISO a priority

    The development company with a plan to supply Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division with electrical power from the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant has put that plan on the back burner.

    By Bill Dries November 29, 2018