MLGW ethics policy under review
Memphis Light, Gas & Water confirms it is reviewing its failure to post financial disclosure forms on the Internet — just as City Council members begin asking critical questions.
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February 2022
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Next steps after ice storm recovery include increasing focus on trees
Speaking Thursday, Feb. 17, at the Frayser Exchange Club, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said the city’s chronic power outages during frequent storms is mostly about the trees that dominate the city’s landscape. Strickland says any solution to the continuing outages will be expensive.
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MLGW board member takes rare step of recusal
Mired in a separate controversy involving a perceived conflict, MLGW commissioner Carlee McCullough takes a rare step and abstains from voting on a nearly $400,000 contract involving a proposed disparity study.
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Facing a possibly historic decision, MLGW board continues serving — all on expired terms
The most recently appointed commissioner saw his term expire more than 18 months ago. The other four commissioners also remain seated, despite last being appointed nearly six years ago.
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MLGW stays silent on failure to post financial disclosure forms on the web
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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.
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Council gives final approval to cashless payments for towed cars
The vote for cashless payments to get cars impounded by towing companies was unanimous.
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MLGW stays silent on failure to post financial disclosure forms on the web
Two weeks after a news investigation found that MLGW isn’t honoring a 2007 pledge to post financial disclosure forms on the Internet, the city-owned utility remains silent.
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MLGW: All original power outages have been restored
MLGW says power has been restored for all customers who lost it following the Feb. 3 ice storm.
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City Council to review MLGW’s handling of ice storm
Also Tuesday, the council will consider opposing a bill in the Tennessee General Assembly that would outlaw any kind of residency requirement for police and firefighters.
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Strickland raises possibility of selling MLGW to take utilities underground
In his weekly email, Strickland said he isn’t recommending action at this point, but all options should be explored to cure how the city has been crippled by 14 major storms over the past 19 years, not counting the 1994 ice storm.
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Despite rumors, utility crews not being robbed during restoration work
Memphis Light, Gas and Water officials say there have been no reported robberies of tree-trimming or utility crews during the current ice storm damage repair, although such problems have been an issue in the past.
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MLGW pushes full recovery to Saturday; council member ‘incredibly frustrated’
Some elected leaders are already promising a long-term review of why outages continue to cripple the city for days at a time.
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Ice storm damage leaves lower-income residents ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’
Memphians who live below the poverty line were left without the ability to pay for damages, hotel stays and the replacement of groceries following the winter storm Thursday, Feb. 3.
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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.
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Six days out: Why 28,000 MLGW customers were still without power Wednesday
MLGW pushes back its estimate to have all customers restored and begins looking to fix smaller outages.
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As number of local power outages drop, repair difficulty increases
As of 5:30 p.m. Monday, more than 60,000 MLGW customers remained without power out of the 140,000 or so who initially lost it.
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More than 60,000 remain without power
Out of about 140,000 Memphis Light, Gas & Water customers who lost power Thursday, thousands still do not have electricity.
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The cold truth: Thousands remain without power
The number of people without power remained at about 20% of MLGW’s customers by 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Watch the MLGW winter storm update live
Watch live as Memphis Light, Gas & Water officials address the current state of restoring utility to customers without power due to the ice storm. To report outages, call 901-544-6500.
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City declares state of emergency as nearly 140,000 without power
The National Weather Service says the ice storm warning is in effect until midnight tonight. This story will be continuously updated.
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MLGW fails to post financial disclosure forms online
City-owned Memphis Light, Gas & Water is failing to post financial disclosure forms of its officers and directors on the Internet as contemplated in its 2007 ethics policy.
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Popular restaurant connects MLGW board member, TVA exec. But is it a conflict of interest?
As Memphis explores severing its decades-long ties to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a business seemingly jointly owned by an MLGW board member and the wife of a TVA vice president is causing critics to cry foul.
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City Council to vote on $5 million for Tom Lee Park
Council members also will meet Marvell Mitchell, the CEO of a local software company, who is the new leader of the city division that keeps track of how much business city government does with minority contractors and businesses.
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January 2022
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Judge orders more info from TVA on long-term contracts
The Tennessee Valley Authority has to turn over material about the 20-year contract agreement it wants Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division and all the other local utilities in its system to sign.
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December 2021
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MLGW, IBEW settle contract impasse
Utility workers for the city-owned utility get pay raises the next four years under the compromise that scrubbed a city council session to break the labor contract impasse.
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