Microgrid protects power delivery at Chattanooga police, fire headquarters May 25, 2023 at 9:00 p.m. by Dave Flessner ...

EPB officials say a $2 million project to install a new microgrid with power generation and battery storage at police and fire headquarters in Chattanooga will pay for itself in six or seven years.

The completion of the “Power to Protect” microgrid was recently celebrated by the City of Chattanooga and EPB at the Chattanooga Police Services Center and Fire Department headquarters in Chattanooga.

Kevin West, longtime WGOW radio program director who recently became public information officer for the Chattanooga Police Department, died unexpectedly Monday morning. He was 61.