Press Release

Chattanooga, TN (April 24, 2020) – In the wake of the tornados and severe storms that ripped through the Chattanooga area on April 12, EPB currently estimates more than $28 million in damage to the community’s electric and fiber optic

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 22, 2020) — Volkswagen Chattanooga announced today plans for employees to return to work May 3, following a six-week suspension of operations due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in alignment with lifted restrictions from the State of Tennessee

Chattanooga, TN (April 22, 2020; 9:30 a.m.) – EPB confirmed that it has completed the reconstruction of the utility poles, electric lines, and power system equipment that sustained catastrophic damage when tornados and severe weather ripped through Chattanooga last Sunday

Chattanooga, TN (April 21, 2020; 5:00 p.m.) – EPB is planning to complete power restoration by tonight for all of the 60,000 EPB customers who lost power when tornados and severe weather ripped across the Chattanooga area last Sunday. About 750 customers

Chattanooga, Tenn. — April 17 — The Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce launches Chattanooga To Go, a buy local campaign to continue promoting small businesses as we look forward to the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a part of

Chattanooga, TN (April 20, 2020; 4:30 p.m.–Corrected) – Electric services have now been restored to about 57,600 EPB customers who lost power when tornados and severe weather ripped across the Chattanooga area last Sunday. About 2,400 customers impacted by the original storm system remain

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 20, 2020) – Community non-profit blood center, Blood Assurance, continues collecting plasma donations from recovered COVID-19 patients to be used as an investigational treatment for critically ill COVID-19 patients. Blood Assurance was the first blood center in

Chattanooga, TN (April 20, 2020; 11:00 a.m.) – EPB continues to work electric restoration crews in tandem with fiber optic restoration crews. Despite rain on Sunday, fiber crews arrived as soon as electric crews finished their part of the work and

Chattanooga, Tenn. (April 20, 2020) – While the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Drug Take Back event has been cancelled due to current public health guidelines, Tennessee American Water, Hamilton County Coalition and local law enforcement remind residents that

Chattanooga, TN (April 19, 2020; 5:00 p.m.) – EPB added 300 more utility workers to its restoration and reconstruction efforts on Sunday.  There are now 1,400 people helping the Chattanooga area with tornado recovery.  The Hamilton Place Mall parking lot