$23K from community, businesses assists 86 families with MLGW bills
Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s Gift of Comfort program helped 86 families with their bills in March.
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March 2021
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MLGW board votes to continue look at leaving TVA
But members stop short of reviving the consultant’s contract for the next step in the review process and sending it back to the City Council. The council’s rejection of the contract last year stalled the process.
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17,000 facing utility cutoffs forces MLGW to phase in disconnects
MLGW resumed disconnecting customers for overdue bills this week. But there are so many, the utility has had to phase the cutoffs in, giving customers more time to work out payment plans over the next year.
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Germantown reviewing $22 million capital improvement wish list
Germantown aldermen will review $22 million in capital improvements during a work session Wednesday. The suburb’s financial advisory commission looked at the items last week.
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MLGW’s Young recommends putting talk of TVA split on hold
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division President and CEO J.T. Young says spikes in bills and blackouts in other parts of the country show electric power isn’t a commodity but a necessity, representing a shift in the local debate that has been around getting a cheaper wholesale price for electricity.
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MLGW crisis forces Germantown to review water services
Some Germantown residents – outside the suburb’s water system – were affected by the MLGW boil water advisory, leading the suburb to consider accelerating efforts to provide water to all residents.
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February 2021
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Social media’s atwitter after MLGW lifts boil advisory
Looks like lots of Memphians were eager to go with the flow, sipping, showering and washing clothes as water levels returned to normal.
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MLGW lifts water boil advisory, effective immediately
The city’s boil advisory is being lifted immediately, according to Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division President and CEO J.T. Young.
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Watch LIVE: MLGW’s Thursday water update
Effective immediately, Memphis Light, Gas & Water has lifted the area’s boil water advisory.
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Request to end water boil advisory could come Thursday
The advisory could be lifted in stages for parts of the MLGW area, which is most of Shelby County with the exception of Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville and Millington. Even when it is lifted MLGW president and CEO J.T. Young said the utility will still be asking households and businesses to continue conserving water for some period after the full restoration.
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Watch LIVE: MLGW gives water update
The patient hasn’t been discharged yet, but is about to be, says Memphis Light, Gas & Water president and CEO J.T. Young.
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Boil advisory could end within days, MLGW says
State environmental officials are helping in the effort to find leaks and resolve water problems.
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City Council reviews details of 100 N. Main sale
The Tuesday, Feb. 23, council session also includes final votes on a set of ordinances cracking down on illegal street racing and possibly a continuation of council discussions with MLGW about the city’s water crisis.
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City, MLGW file motions to join lawsuit over access to TVA transmission lines
A group of smaller utilities that are also part of TVA want to be able to use TVA transmission lines if they break with TVA. MLGW is considering leaving TVA as well and filed along with the city to intervene in the lawsuit, saying the decision could affect its decision to stay or leave.
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MLGW hopes for end to boil order within days
No firm timeline has been set for ending the “boil water” notice affecting Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division customers, MLGW officials said Monday, Feb. 22.
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Watch LIVE: MLGW addressing local water situation
MLGW is planning to hold daily press conferences this week at 3 p.m.
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MLGW’s water crisis came after funding for infrastructure overhaul was delayed
When the city’s water system became a crisis last week, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division was several months underway with a five-year $142.4 million overhaul of water system infrastructure.
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MLGW to suspend nonpayment cutoffs; boil water advisory ongoing
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division will suspend service cutoffs for nonpayment until further notice and extend its pandemic payment plan option. The boil water advisory remains in effect.
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City of Memphis to distribute water Sunday
The City of Memphis announced that they have partnered with the Memphis City Council to distribute bottles of water Sunday, at 10 a.m. at eight locations.
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MLGW: No residential water cutoffs planned
But a cutoff to large industrial water customers is a possibility if water pressure problems persist, MLGW President and CEO J.T. Young said Friday. Related article: Street clearing effort moves beyond major thoroughfares
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MLGW compares water situation to ‘a critical patient’
Memphis, Light, Gas and Water’s water pressure situation has improved since Friday, but the utility organization’s president J.T. Young said it’s still “a critical patient.” He may have a better timetable Sunday on lifting the boil water advisory. Meanwhile, City Council members look at the water crisis.
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Not so fast: Restaurants don’t have to close if they can boil water, Health Department says
Despite an announcement earlier in the day that restaurants would have to close due to the boil order, the Health Department directive says they do not.
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MEM cancels all Friday passenger flights
The Memphis International Airport CEO called the closure of the airport terminal a “last resort.”
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MLGW issues first ever boil order alert and road crews move to end game through Monday
Low water pressure in Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division’s water grid prompted the utility to issue a rare boil water alert Thursday afternoon.
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As airport sees water issues, MLGW asks customers to reduce usage
Memphis is known for its water, but according to Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, we will need to use less of it until the end of the week.
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