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Press Mention Daily Memphian September 11, 2022

SACE Quoted Web article

Advocacy groups request longer public comment period on MLGW power proposals

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Clean energy advocates, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, are calling for more time to review Memphis Light, Gas and Water's request for proposals on future power supply. The SACE executive director characterized MLGW's decision as one of the most consequential in the organization's three-decade history across the Southeast. The article covers a board meeting where public commenters, including representatives from Memphis Community Against Pollution, advocated for extended review periods.

MLGW's decision on its future power supply is one of the most consequential single decisions that any community has made in the history of SACE's work throughout the Southeast region over the past three decades

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<strong>Justin J. Pearson of Memphis Community Against Pollution (holding phone) and other public commenters attend a Memphis Light, Gas and Water board meeting on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022.</strong> (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

Justin J. Pearson of Memphis Community Against Pollution (holding phone) and other public commenters attend a Memphis Light, Gas and Water board meeting on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

"MLGW's decision on its future power supply is one of the most consequential single decisions that any community has made in the history of SACE's work throughout the Southeast region over the past three decades," said the executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.