Carlisle: MLGW negotiating position with TVA could have been stronger
“We probably would have been in a much stronger negotiating position with TVA had we had an alternative power supply portfolio fully vetted and on the table as an option,” said City Council member Chase Carlisle, seen here in January 2020. (Daily Memphian file)
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member Chase Carlisle talks about bargaining with TVA for a new contract with MLGW without a specific plan for an alternative, his call for the resignation of the Shelby County Health Department’s embattled leader and the 2022 race for Shelby County mayor.
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