City planners presented a text amendment to require utilities be placed underground for any development that creates new streets. Commissioners asked for clarifications on alleys, retrofit rules and cost impacts and deferred the item to June 25 for additional staff follow‑up.

Jackson Thornton presented water and sewer cost‑of‑service studies showing FY25 revenue requirements and FY30 projections; the board adopted a five‑year rate design that phases modest customer‑charge and volumetric increases to reach near‑full cost recovery by FY2030.

SB 2128, as amended, would require large data centers (50+ MW in first three years) to pay the full cost of new or upgraded electric infrastructure they need, preventing utilities from using ratepayer funds to subsidize data-center-driven upgrades without broader beneficiary justification.

House Bill 2381, amended to include limits on proprietary equipment markups and a 10% cap on design-review and inspection fees, passed the panel 21–1 after the sponsor withdrew two other amendments; the sponsor described the measure as the product of stakeholder negotiations.

Senate Bill 717, amended on the floor, allows a private entity that acquires a public utility to retain the same franchise rights the public utility held; the amendment and the bill passed unanimously on final consideration (32–0).

A property owner seeking sewer service near Egypt Central Road argued a stub and gravity line near his parcel entitled him to service under a new Tennessee statute. Memphis officials said the city’s gravity sewer line is in the right-of-way, not on the owner’s parcel, and the board dismissed the complaint.

The Tennessee Board of Utility Regulation presents new operational rules after board merger.

Tennessee legislature passes House Bill 542 to update utilities regulations and codes.

Council empowers contracts for public utilities limited to twenty-five years.

Board directs Bean Station Utility to resolve unusable water meter conflict for resident.