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MLGW committee hears $51M fiscal-consent briefing; utility urges fast build of private 5G network
Summary
Memphis Light, Gas & Water briefed council committees on a roughly $51 million fiscal-consent package that included a $3.2 million UAV inspection contract and a private 5G (PLTE) network project the utility said must be built to meet licensing deadlines.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water officials told City Council committees on May 20 that a large fiscal-consent package covering vehicle and equipment purchases, maintenance contracts and grid modernization work would be filed for council action, and emphasized a privately licensed 5G backbone the utility must build on a compressed schedule.
The briefing covered roughly $51 million in funding requests that MLGW staff said will bring the utility’s year-to-date approvals near $238 million. Officials highlighted a one-year, $3.2 million contract for UAV inspection of electric distribution lines and a multiyear private LTE/5G (PLTE) wireless network project the utility said must be completed within a tight timeframe tied to the Federal Communications Commission license.
The UAV program, MLGW President Doug McGowan said, “allows us to identify failures that we could not see from the…
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