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Institute for Public Service Reporting – Memphis

All posts tagged "Doug McGowen"

Environment

MLGW Takes Major Step to Develop Solar Power

The announcement by CEO McGowen follows a IPSR report exploring MLGW's struggle to develop solar power

Tom HrachMarch 11, 2025

Environment

Memphis Struggles To Develop Solar Power

MLGW's contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority limits solar development options

Tom HrachFebruary 10, 2025

Environment

Bitcoin Mines Coming To Memphis And Tennessee

With little regulation, cryptocurrency mining poses challenges to the state's power supplies and clean-energy goals

Melanie FaizerSeptember 11, 2024

Doug McGowen, the Pennsylvania native and former Navy fighter pilot, became president and CEO of Memphis Light, Gas and Water in late 2022. “We’re going to have to do many things differently than what we’ve done in the past,” he says of the nation’s largest three-service utility and its 7,900 miles of electric lines, 4,700 miles of gas lines, 3,900 miles of water lines, 30 properties, and 2,600 employees. (Karen Pulfer Focht)

Doug McGowen, the Pennsylvania native and former Navy fighter pilot, became president and CEO of Memphis Light, Gas and Water in late 2022. “We’re going to have to do many things differently than what we’ve done in the past,” he says of the nation’s largest three-service utility and its 7,900 miles of electric lines, 4,700 miles of gas lines, 3,900 miles of water lines, 30 properties, and 2,600 employees. (Karen Pulfer Focht)

Government

McGowen’s Next Mission: Ex-Navy ‘Top Gun’ charts new course for MLGW

Memphis Light, Gas and Water is a giant — an aging, lumbering, limping giant. The city-owned utility’s electric grid suffers twice as many outages...

David WatersJune 6, 2024

Government

Trimming Trees: MLGW’s Ambitious Plan to Curb Power Outages

The $228 million plan is part of a larger electricity distribution upgrade that comes with a controversial rate hike

Jake LankfordDecember 6, 2023

Brenda Jones, (left) Director of the Office of Preparedness practices social distancing while attending a press conference with District Attorney Amy Weirich (middle) and Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter (right) as updates are provided on the coronavirus outbreak on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Brenda Jones, (left) Director of the Office of Preparedness practices social distancing while attending a press conference with District Attorney Amy Weirich (middle) and Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter (right) as updates are provided on the coronavirus outbreak on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

The Pandemic

Early response suggests Memphis, like most cities, was utterly unprepared for COVID-19

A military-like buildup now aims to compensate for initial problems

Marc PerrusquiaApril 10, 2020

“This is serious,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph, Shelby County Health Department medical director. “This is a life-and-death moment. The actions that we take now will make a difference in the number of deaths that occur as a result of COVID-19.” (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

“This is serious,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph, Shelby County Health Department medical director. “This is a life-and-death moment. The actions that we take now will make a difference in the number of deaths that occur as a result of COVID-19.” (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

The Pandemic

The COVID-19 surge: not a matter of if it reaches Memphis but when

Surge is coming, but when, and will there be another?

David WatersApril 6, 2020

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