Chattanooga TN

Program Highlights

• Electric Power Board constructed the city’s first community solar project which consists of 4, 408 solar panels with a total output of nearly 1.4 megawatts of power.

Case Study

Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been intentional about seizing collaborative opportunities to improve the quality of life for its residents. As a result, Chattanooga decided to pursue SolSmart Gold to help the city make it faster, simpler, and more transparent for residents and businesses to go solar. Chattanooga achieved SolSmart Gold by evaluating what criteria needed to be worked on, working with a technical advisor, and working collaboratively across sectors to create a community solar project. The project is designed to lower barriers to participating in solar power generation by cutting the cost of owning solar panels on a home.

Click here to read an in-depth case study on Chattanooga’s efforts to attain SolSmart Gold.