Your Friday at a glance:
- Weather: Partly cloudy, high of 35.
- What to do: From art to music, film and more, here are all the Chattanooga happenings for this weekend.
- What to eat: This week’s fare exchange features recipes for three chicken dishes, zucchini parmesan and a coffee cake.
- What to listen to: Did you listen to Adele last year? Or buy a vinyl record? Here’s what music artists and trends thrived in 2021.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
According to EPB, in 2021 the utility’s smart electric grid saved an estimated $2.6 billion and cut about 3,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
And it wants to help other local businesses do the same.
The utility recently earned a top sustainable power designation from Green Business Certification Inc.
“Through their Gold recertification, Chattanooga has achieved the most resilient and reliable PEER-certified utility power grid in the United States,” Sean McMahon, vice president of product management at GBCI, said in a news release Wednesday.
Now for some recent stories:
RAIN, RAIN: The Chattanooga area again saw a higher than average amount of rain in 2021. Here’s exactly how much and how it compares to recent years.
HEALTH INSPECTIONS: See how your favorite Chattanooga restaurants fared in this week’s list of best and worst restaurant inspection reports.
GOT THEIR HEADS IN THE GAME: UTC men won their second straight basketball game to start off their conference schedule.
-Tierra Hayes, thayes@timesfreepress.com
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