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News From EPB
EPB had been in the news a lot recently some about over billing some are about the streetlights. Man oclaims that EPB overcharged East Ridge $87000. And Red Bank $304000 in the last 20 years. This lawsuit was from Lepard and him his self, not through his company. Company is not concerned since the cities have not contacted them personally about the suit. He asked for "$4.8 million in penalties for False Claims Act violations and $1.23 million in treble damages". Lepard says that EPB had been reclassifying lights so that way they would cost more to the city. Almost the same as a False Claims Act in Chattanogga for more that $10 million.

Expansions
EPB is also trying to get it's gigabit internet in the Chattanoga Airport. They set up a demonstration area in the former gift shop. Just recently added it to Miller Plaza by River City Co. EPb is also one of the largest providers of electric power by in the US. EPB has chosen Aimetis Corp to be their security systems and to optimize their operation efficiency. This is because of Aminetis's "robust video analytics and the open architecture system."

Availability
When EPB first turned on the fiber-optic network for internet people were getting up to ten times the speed they were used to. Even the people with the lower priced internet speeds saw almost double the speed they were used to. They have reached up to 10 Gigabytes per second. This fiber-optic network that Chattanooga now runs on is basically sending pulses of light instead of electric current through wires. The only other company that is starting to do this technology is Google Fiber, which is slowly gaining cities it is in. Using this technology is much cheaper too since the price of internet went down almost $300 per month when they started using the optic-fiber. In 2010, EPB introduced enQuesta 4 to their arsenal of security tools.

History
They came across this when EPB needed a better way to watch over equipment being installed in their electricity grid. It was also rumored that phone and cable companies would not be offering internet services for awhile. With this information at hand EPB started their own internet services. They now have 56,000 customers, both commercial and resident.

Smart Grid
The smart grid that EPB uses is an upgrade to the electric distribution system. It uses fiber optics instead of cables like traditional power companies use. In 2008 EPB added cable TV to it's smart grid.