Heat wave strains power supply, customers asked to cut back usage
Jazmine Gaona (left), 9, and Esther Juarez, 6, play in the spray at Shelby Farms' splash park on Tuesday July 31, 2018. Such a spray park might provide temporary relief from the summer 2022 heat wave. (Daily Memphian file)
Amid record-breaking power demand region-wide and triple-digit temperatures, MLGW power outages peaked around 8,400 last week.
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MLGW power outages Weather Outage Improvement Advisory Team TVA Tennessee Valley Authority National Weather ServiceKeely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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