TVA considers adding new gas-powered turbines at Allen plant
The federally owned utility is exploring an idea to install six new aeroderivative combustion turbine units in southwest Memphis.
Topic: TVA
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October 2023
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September 2023
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Opinion: In the mayor’s race, the candidates have been ‘silent’ on TVA
“We should ask who is willing to stand-up to TVA’s neglect, disrespect and disregard for our health and our community economic welfare. And who is interested in trying to save our citizens half a billion dollars a year in power costs.”
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June 2023
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TVA braces for heat wave as MLGW calls for energy conservation
“I’m going to ask is that everyone uses sensible measures to conserve electricity where and when you can, irrespective of electrical outage,” MLGW’s McGowen said.
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MLGW expects current power outages to continue through the weekend
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April 2023
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Behind the Headlines: Should MLGW leave TVA?
"Behind the Headlines" host Eric Barnes and The Daily Memphian’s Bill Dries talk to Karl Schledwitz and Jim Gilliland of the group $450 Million for Memphis about the proposed plan for MLGW to break away from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Draft report on MLGW-TVA relationship draws fire from all sides
The civic group calling for MLGW to cut ties with TVA says TVA's estimate this week of hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses in the switch is wrong. And it says the draft report's recommendation of local power generation by MLGW is wrong too.
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Opinion: What the mayor’s energy report really says
“The mayor’s report not only had different conclusions than those that were reported, but they elaborated on specific factors in which MLGW’s actions when it issued an RFP were inadequate and unprofessional.”
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February 2023
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over TVA’s long-term contracts
The U.S. District Court judge suggested the plaintiffs take their grievances to Congress, not the court system.
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Familiar chimney stacks at TVA’s Allen Fossil Plant coming down Friday
The demolition of the three 400-foot-tall chimney stacks at the now-defunct Allen Fossil Plant is the final step in a four-phase plan to prepare the site for redevelopment, and repurpose the 500 acres of land it occupies in Southwest Memphis.
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January 2023
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TVA turns to industry panel to review winter power performance
During a MLGW board meeting Wednesday, CEO Doug McGowen indicated that load forecasting would be part of the TVA review, “because there were some real issues to talk about there.”
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Opinion: TVA does not invest in West Tennessee
“Heaping praise on power companies that merely do what they are supposed to do is pointless. The now-exposed reality is that TVA is no more reliable than its neighboring utilities.”
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Opinion: The winter storm that blew TVA’s cover
“TVA’s days of boasting of reliability ‘superior’ to its neighbors, simply does not hold up to the fact check. Especially when facing the aftermath of acts of God level destruction and storms or extreme temperatures.”
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TVA’s mea culpa: Mother Nature ‘surprised many across the U.S., including us’
The causes behind late December’s rolling blackouts and the causes for concern they raise for future energy needs, especially with climate change and aging infrastructure.
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Winter storm revealed ‘myth of TVA’s invincibility,’ council member says
“I think the myth of TVA’s invincibility has been shown here, and I think we need to remember that as we try to figure out where we’re going to go as a system,” Memphis City Council member Jeff Warren said.
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Millions of gallons of water flooded empty buildings during extreme winter weather
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MLGW plans internal review after blackouts, water crisis
A week after single-digit temperatures descended on Memphis — wreaking havoc on the city’s power supplier and creating a water distribution crisis — Memphis Light, Gas and Water shared plans to address its shortcomings.
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December 2022
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Letter to the Editor: After power outages, are solar and wind the right answer?
“What ruins the appearance of the countryside more than a field of solar energy panels or a bunch of windmills sticking up all over the countryside, unless, of course, you are financially gaining by their use?” writes Lee Todd.
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MLGW issues boil water advisory, begins rolling blackouts
Memphis Light, Gas & Water has issued a boil water advisory for parts of Southeast Memphis, Germantown and Millington. And, after the TVA issued a Step 50 curtailment Saturday morning, MLGW began rolling blackouts with areas north of Downtown, near the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library and North Germantown.
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Over half of MLGW customers have faced rolling blackouts
Tennessee Valley Authority enacted mandatory rolling blackouts among its 153 local power companies on Friday morning. The historic decision came as TVA saw a record power demand.
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Rolling blackouts end— again
Memphis Light, Gas and Water President Doug McGowen will share updates on rolling blackouts and the water boil advisory at a noon press conference.
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Rolling blackouts lasting longer than expected
It’s Christmas Eve and blackouts are back, and lasting longer than expected. And they’re in areas that weren’t expecting to be affected.
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TVA facing outages, record demand as rolling blackouts loom
The TVA faces outages at two of its coal-fired plants and some of its natural gas plants, according to spokesperson Scott Brooks.
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MLGW rolls back rolling blackouts
During a noon press conference, Memphis Light, Gas & Water president and CEO Doug McGowen announced that MLGW will not be doing any rolling blackouts.
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Questions remains over MLGW power bid process
When GDS Associates first evaluated the 20-odd proposals for Memphis’s power supply contract earlier this year, TVA was not the frontrunner. The initial scoring actually awarded the highest score to NextEra Energy.
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MLGW power vote doesn’t pull plug on energy provider questions
Even though MLGW is in some ways back where it started, the power provider RFP wasn’t all for naught, said the utility’s board chair.
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MLGW rejects TVA’s long-term contract
MLGW will continue its 80-year relationship with TVA through its current contract, but Commissioner Carl Person encouraged the board to work closely with the utility to seek an agreement that best suits Memphis and its ratepayers.
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Federal judge hears challenge to TVA’s long-term contracts
U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker presided over a four-hour hearing Thursday concerning the legality of TVA’s long-term contract.
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