Councilman Morgan to host virtual town hall in the wake of ice storm
February 17, 2022
Councilman Worth Morgan, District 5, is hosting a virtual town hall meeting Wednesday, February 23 at 6 p.m. Leadership will discuss the utility’s response to Winter Storm Landon. Customers are invited to attend virtually.
Link to join the meeting will be forthcoming.
Winter Storm Landon left much of Memphis and Shelby County covered in up to half an inch of ice.
· The peak number of outages: 186,000.
· Total MLGW customers affected: 233,460.
· Total restoration hours: 272.
The storm started in Memphis on February 3, 2022 and was the fourth-largest event (in terms of power interruptions) in MLGW history.
MLGW is the largest three-service public power utility in the nation, serving more than 437,000 customers in Memphis and Shelby County.