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Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi have expressed interest in selling power to Memphis Light, Gas and Water and partnering on electricity generation projects. The letter from Entergy executives came as a Siemens study showed MLGW could…
The article examines Memphis' potential power supply alternatives ahead of a Siemens integrated resource plan report. MISO clarifies it does not own generation and would not bid on Memphis' power supply, while MLGW leadership expresses confidence…
Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) voted to hire GDS Associates, a Georgia consulting firm, to solicit proposals from companies interested in replacing the Tennessee Valley Authority as the utility's energy source. MLGW President and CEO…
Memphis Light, Gas and Water has hired GDS Associates to manage a bidding process evaluating whether the utility should leave the Tennessee Valley Authority. The 18-month process will assess costs for transmission infrastructure, natural gas power,…
Environmental and clean energy organizations, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market…
Memphis and MLGW remain deadlocked on whether to leave TVA after the city council blocked the utility's chosen bidding firm in October 2020. TVA CEO Jeff Lyash signals confidence that the delay benefits TVA by allowing…
President Biden unveiled a $2 trillion, eight-year infrastructure plan featuring $100 billion to upgrade the U.S. electric grid and accelerate clean energy transition. The plan includes investments in electric vehicles, carbon capture, transmission line buildout, and…
Tennessee's attorney general opposes a motion by four TVA distributors to source power from alternative suppliers via TVA transmission lines, arguing the move would harm most state electricity users by shifting costs and reducing reliability. Although…
Clean energy advocates and environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, are opposing the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) proposal, arguing it would lock out independent renewable developers and protect incumbent utilities' fossil fuel…
“I wouldn't say it was out of the ballpark biased in one direction. I think it was heavily skewed towards emphasizing the risk over really talking about what the benefits are. And I would I heard more of the sort of negative exposure, the downside than I had heard about the upside. We need to go in and dig in and see if that's legit or not.”
“Attempting to limit a local power company's ability to provide reliable service and have access to more affordable and cleaner energy sources is unfortunately typical of TVA leadership's heavy-handed, anti-competitive behavior”
“TVA's self-regulated monopoly is an antiquated regressive system that is bad for competition, customers, clean energy, and the environment.”
FERC approved transmission rules for the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) on a 3-1 vote, dismissing concerns from advocacy groups including SACE that the rules violate open access requirements. The decision allows SEEM utilities to offer…
Three Tennessee power companies—Volunteer Energy Corp., Athens Utilities, and Gibson Electric Membership Cooperative—filed a complaint with FERC alleging that TVA President Jeff Lyash is improperly restricting transmission system upgrades to punish local utilities that may seek…
RTO Insider article covering a GCPA panel debate on the SEEM (Seasonal Energy Exchange Market) proposal. SACE's Maggie Shober is pictured alongside Southern Company's Corey Sellers as panelists discussing how the nascent market will work in…
