Solar permitting — Benton County, Tennessee
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Benton County scores B due to minimal formal ordinance, low solar saturation, and stable regulatory trajectory. Permitting: Benton County Planning Commission: CUP or Special Exception in Agricultural zoning; 150-ft setback. Track rec
Key driver: Benton County scores B due to minimal formal ordinance, low solar saturation, and stable regulatory trajectory. Lake-area sentiment introduces modest uncertainty but interior farmland is viable for utility-scale. Declining population removes suburban land-use pressure.
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
Benton County Planning Commission: CUP or Special Exception in Agricultural zoning; County Commission review per SB 2373 (2022) for large projects.
Setbacks & buffers
State minimums apply: ≥150 ft from non-participating property lines. No county-specific solar setbacks codified.
Spacing requirements
None codified.
Size restrictions
None codified; managed via CUP/SUP conditions
Penalties & bonding
No penalties or adjustments. Standard CUP/SUP process.
State-level permits & approvals
County zoning authority under SB 2373 (2022); no state solar preemption; conditional use permit or special exception typically required; decommissioning bond often required; setback standards increasingly codified
State policy & grid context
State RPS & clean energy policy
No binding RPS | None | Tennessee has no state RPS; TVA integrated resource planning only
State incentive programs
Federal ITC eligible; no Tennessee state solar tax credit; TVA Green Power Switch program available
Grid & interconnection
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
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