EnergySmart Kickoff

Here's your chance to get a free TVA weatherization kit and maybe even $1000 in free utilities!

Community Leaders in Memphis and Shelby County are cordially invited to join MLGW in celebrating 70 years of service to the people of Shelby County with the expansion of the EnergySmart Memphis Initiative on Wednesday, March 11 at 11 a.m. at the Orpheum Theater. The day will feature the region’s largest energy conservation workshop and the opportunity for you to share your commitment to conservation and more importantly, learn how to save energy and money.

MLGW is asking you to join MLGW customers and staff, community leaders, power generators and suppliers, and other local and federal officials for this occasion which will provide a forum for all stakeholders to engage in a dialogue on how citizens of Memphis and Shelby County better manage energy consumption. The day will feature remarks from local leaders and an energy conservation workshop. Attendees of the workshop will receive a free energy conservation kit valued at $45 (courtesy of TVA.), and the first 50 customers will receive a free Hunter ceiling fan.


Drawings will also be held for the following prizes:

$1000 in free utilities (two drawings)
Free energy audit with $500 for energy efficiency improvements
$25 gas gift card
$25 Kroger gift card

EnergySmart Memphis is a partnership between MLGW and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) designed to educate customers and demonstrate ways to lower their energy usage through community-based workshops. TVA and MLGW also partnered with Shelby County and MIFA in a pilot project to make energy-related improvements to homes of MLGW customers who enrolled in the pilot and who met federal low-income guidelines.

Memphians consume more electricity per capita than any other city in the nation and Tennesseans rank second in electricity consumption in the United States. These statistics, coupled with the fact that 42.6% of customers in the MLGW service area have low to moderate incomes, make it critical for MLGW to communicate the message that customers can save energy while also saving money.

With the expansion of the program, MLGW and TVA hope to leverage additional resources to assist customers with minimizing their energy costs. The EnergySmart expansion will explore ways to meet growing energy demand, better manage increasing energy cost and reduce the impact of electricity generation on the environment. The goal is to reduce customers’ energy costs and therefore increase their disposable income, as well as reduce Shelby County’s carbon footprint.

The EnergySmart initiative is just one activity among many that the partners will undertake to assist customers with minimizing their energy consumption and costs. We look forwarding to seeing you on March 11th for this community forum. Call Viola Cage at 528-4887, or email vcage@mlgw.org, if you have questions or need additional information.