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New civic group enters MLGW-TVA skirmish

By , Daily Memphian Updated: April 16, 2023 12:46 PM CT | Published: May 11, 2020 4:00 AM CT

"$450 Million for Memphis" wants Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division to end its ties with TVA and start the move with a specific look at how much it would cost to sign on with the MISO network, the best known competitor for the city-owned utility that is TVA's biggest customer.

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Karl Schledwitz Jim Gilliland Jr. Terry Lynch MLGW TVA contract Subscriber Only $450 Million for Memphis

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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