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MLGW outlines $19.4 million in purchases, tests decorative lighting at Front Street substation
Summary
Memphis Light Gas & Water (MLGW) presented a consent-agenda briefing listing roughly $19.38 million in requested purchases, including a $15 million order for pad-mounted transformers and $338,000 for water-well parts, and said crews re-energized decorative fixtures at the Front Street substation as a first step toward a larger lighting plan.
Memphis Light Gas & Water officials on March 25 briefed the council on a consent-agenda package that would add roughly $19,380,000 in spending and described pilot lighting work at the Front Street substation.
The presentation, led by MLGW President Doug McGowan, said the new requests would bring total MLGW spending approved this year to about $120 million. The single largest line item in the package was $15 million for single-phase pad-mounted distribution transformers used in underground residential service, McGowan said. Other items included a $338,000, three‑year contract for water production well parts, $1.14 million for data-storage hardware replacement, $1.102 million for virtual-server storage, and $367,000 for 5,250 water‑meter registers.
Why it matters: MLGW said the purchases are aimed at replacing end‑of‑life equipment, sustaining service and restoring water‑production capacity without the higher cost of drilling new wells. The utility also noted one of the items — meter registers — follows a…
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