There are 6 article(s) tagged power outages:

• June 2022

  • Heat wave strains power supply, customers asked to cut back usage

    Amid record-breaking power demand region-wide and triple-digit temperatures, MLGW power outages peaked around 8,400 last week. 

    By Keely Brewer June 21, 2022

• February 2022

  • East Memphis, Midtown, Binghampton hit hardest by power outages

    The city is forming a citizens group to review the ice storm response and how recent power outages have been handled by Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division. 

    By Bill Dries February 16, 2022

  • How MLGW’s 10% is surviving: Living days without power

    The Daily Memphian asked for people still without electricity to share their stories. Many of them have lost loads of groceries, are living with neighbors or have reached financial limits after being forced to buy rooms at local hotels.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 10, 2022

  • Germantown, Bartlett issue emergency declarations over ice, power outages

    Germantown and Bartlett issued emergency declarations Friday. Other suburban mayors are not issuing declarations at this time.

    By Abigail Warren February 04, 2022

• June 2020

  • Power outage ends SCS meeting on digital devices; rescheduled for Monday

    The school board planned to vote on the purchase of take-home laptops and tablets for students.

    By Linda A. Moore June 12, 2020

• October 2019

  • Weather Service preliminary report shows EF-1 tornado hit Memphis area

    Memphis International Airport received minor damage and temporarily evacuated A and C concourses Monday during a storm that still has more than 30,000 customers of Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division without power.

    By Yolanda Jones, Wayne Risher October 22, 2019