EPB

This article is about the utility company. For other uses, see EPB (disambiguation).
EPB
Company typePublic utility
IndustryElectricity
Telecommunications
PredecessorChattanooga Electric Power Board
Founded1935
Headquarters
Chattanooga, Tennessee
,
United States
Area served
Southeastern Tennessee, Chattanooga, North Georgia
Key people
David Wade, CEO[1]
ServicesElectricity, Internet, Telecommunications, Cable TV services
Websitehttps://epb.com/

EPB of Chattanooga, formerly known as the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, is an American electric power distribution and telecommunication company owned by the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.[2] EPB serves nearly 180,000 homes and businesses in a 600-square mile area in the greater Chattanooga area and Hamilton County.[3] In 2010, EPB was the first company in the United States to offer 1 Gbit/s high-speed internet over a fiber optic network, over 200 times faster than the national average.[4] As a result, Chattanooga has been called "Gig City" and held up as a national model for deploying the world's fastest internet and the most advanced Smart Grid electric distribution system in the United States.[5] On October 15, 2015, Chattanooga implemented the world's first community-wide 10-gig Internet service.[6][7][8]

In 1935, an act of the Tennessee Legislature established EPB as an independent board of the City of Chattanooga to provide electric power to the Greater Chattanooga area. EPB began serving their customers in 1939.[9]

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  2. ^ Boyle, Rebecca (2010-09-13). "Country's Fastest Broadband Internet Will Soon Chug Along in Chattanooga". Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation Company. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  3. ^ Flessner, Dave (4 June 2021). "Chattanooga's EPB maintains favorable rating as it prepares its first bond issue in 6 years". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Times Free Press. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ Lohr, Erik (2010-09-12). "Fastest Net Service in U.S. Coming to Chattanooga". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  5. ^ Marvin, Rob. "Gig City: How Chattanooga Became a Tech Hub". PC Mag. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ^ EPB. "Home | EPB". www.epb.net. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  7. ^ Flessner, Dave (15 October 2015). "Chattanooga boosts citywide broadband capacity to 10 gigabits". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Times Free Press. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  8. ^ Subramanian, Samanth (15 April 2021). "The best broadband in the US isn't in New York or San Francisco. It's in Chattanooga". Quartz. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Twenty Largest U.S. Publicly Owned Electric Utilities Ranked by Purchase Power Expenses for All Respondents, 2000". Department of Energy. 2000-06-30.