//www.epb.net/news/rss/ As Chattanooga’s public utility, it is our goal at EPB to provide accurate, consistent and up-to-date information for our customers and the news media. For that reason, we furnish all news releases that have been issued by the company, as well as valuable EPB facts and information. Some documents require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing. en-us 5 //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/ As Chattanooga’s public utility, it is our goal at EPB to provide accurate, consistent and up-to-date information for our customers and the news media. For that reason, we furnish all news releases that have been issued by the company, as well as valuable EPB facts and information. Some documents require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing. //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/video-service-agreement-signed-between-epb-and-soddy-daisy/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Last night, Soddy Daisy approved a franchise with EPB for Fi TV service. Last year, similar agreements were signed with the cities of Chattanooga, Red Bank, East Ridge, Ridgeside, and Rossville, GA. A franchise has also been signed with Hamilton County.“We are excited to move forward towards providing 100% Fiber Optic services to homes in the Soddy ... 2010-01-22 16:21:18 //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/epb-fiber-optics-introduces-area-s-only-100-mbps-offer/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - EPB has introduced Fi-Speed Internet 100 to their product set, one of the only residential 100 Mbps Internet offer in the country and the only offer of its kind in our area. EPB is able to provide speeds this fast because their network is 100% fiber optics. EPB’s 100% fiber optic network launched to residential customers in ... 2010-01-12 14:30:00 //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/video-service-agreement-signed-between-epb-and-hamilton-county/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Today the Hamilton County Commission approved a franchise agreement with EPB for Fi TV service. Earlier this year, similar franchise agreements were signed with the cities of Chattanooga, Red Bank, East Ridge, Ridgeside, and Rossville, GA. EPB launched EPB Fiber Optics in September and currently has their services available to customers in portions of the cities of ... 2009-12-22 00:00:00 //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/epb-employees-provide-food-for-families-in-need-for-20th-year/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The EPB “Feed-A-Family” food drive delivered holiday food supplies to 70 families in need today. This is the 20th year employees have collected cash contributions and non-perishable food items to deliver to local families. Employees were able to use the cash contributions to purchase 70 turkeys and other holiday favorites. In addition to the food purchased, staff ... 2009-12-11 00:00:00 //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/epb-windows-unveiling-kicks-off-holiday-season/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – To honor the start of the holiday season, tonight EPB unveiled their holiday windows. EPB continued their annual tradition by raising the curtains on the windows at EPB’s downtown building, 10 W. Martin Luther King Blvd. EPB filled the windows on the first floor of their offices with scenes taken out of the community. Both a downtown ... 2009-11-23 00:00:00 //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/epb-chattanooga-awarded-federal-stimulus-grant-for-smart-grid/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn – This morning, EPB, a public utility located in Chattanooga, TN, was awarded $111.5 million in federal stimulus funding from the Department of Energy to expedite the build out of their electric system Smart Grid. Serving over 170,000 homes and businesses in East Tennessee and North Georgia, Chattanooga’s electric system will become one of the largest municipal Smart ... 2009-10-27 00:00:00 //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/epb-names-aaron-webb-as-vice-president-of-legal-services/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – EPB’s Board of Directors recently recognized Aaron Webb as Vice President of Legal Services. Aaron has served as Senior Vice President of Legal Administration at Life Care Centers of America in Cleveland, Tenn. Aaron also served as Vice President of Operations for Leader Care, a sister company to Life Care Centers of America. “Aaron’s expertise and leadership ... 2009-10-19 00:00:00 //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/epb-fiber-optics-services-now-available-to-more-homes-new-areas/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - EPB announced today that their 100% Fiber Optic services are now available to 10,000 more homes, some located in areas of Chattanooga where services were not previously available. New areas to have access to EPB Fiber Optics services include portions of Brainerd and the Belvoir area, where over 3,000 homes now have services available, as well as ... 2009-10-08 00:00:00 //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/epb-fiber-optics-uses-energy-efficient-set-top-boxes/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – EPB Fiber Optics is providing only highly energy efficient, Energy Star certified set-top boxes with their Fi TV Essential offering. This makes EPB Fiber Optics, along with a satellite TV provider, one of the only two providers in Chattanooga who offer Energy Star certified and labeled set-top boxes. To earn Energy Star certification, a set-top box must ... 2009-09-30 00:00:00 //www.epb.net/news/news-archive/epb-customers-to-see-decrease-in-cost-of-electric-power/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – EPB residential customers will see a decrease in the cost of electric power, due to TVA’s Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA), on any bill printed on or after October 1, 2009. Even with a simultaneous TVA base rate increase, the October FCA is significant enough to result in an overall decrease for customers. This is the fourth FCA ... 2009-09-30 00:00:00