Lenoir City Utilities Board making progress on $150M project to modernize electrical grid
 

LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (WATE) — More than two years into a $150-million grid modernization project, Lenoir City Utilities Board has run over 500 miles of cabling in an effort to reduce electrical outage delays and make fiber broadband internet available to nearly 100,000 customers.

LCUB General Manager Shannon Littleton said in a statement Tuesday that the project is now 33 percent complete with fiber broadband internet service now available to most Lenoir City and Karns area electric customers. He added that efforts are ongoing to connect the Hardin Valley and the utility service provider is “looking forward to serving Farragut and North Loudon County customers very soon.”
 
A groundbreaking ceremony for the project was held in August 2022. LCUB Director of Engineering and Operations Jeremy Walden said 513 miles of fiber optic cabling have been laid both under and above ground with 554 miles of cable yet to be installed.
 

The construction of the fiber optic network will reward customers with a much more reliable and robust electrical grid, and Gig-speed and faster fiber broadband services offerings starting at just $69.99 a month including Wi-Fi for homes. Business Fiber Broadband services start at $89.95 a month.

LCUB Director of Engineering and Operations Jeremy Walden
 
Customers can check on the availability of broadband services in their area at LCUB provides electricity, gas, water, and wastewater services to over 96,000 customers in Loudon, Knox, Roane and Anderson Counties. It is the eighth largest utility provider among 153 Tennessee Valley Authority distributors.