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Solar permitting — Campbell County, Tennessee

FIPS 47013

1 known opposition group.

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Campbell County, TN
Risk score 41/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: HighTrajectory: WorseningSaturation: Low

Campbell County receives a D grade due to the combination of mountainous terrain eliminating most viable utility-scale land, coal-heritage cultural re. Permitting: Campbell County Planning Commission. Political environm…

Key driver: Campbell County receives a D grade due to the combination of mountainous terrain eliminating most viable utility-scale land, coal-heritage cultural resistance to solar land-use transition, worsening political trajectory as anti-solar organizing spreads through East TN Appalachian counties, and limited planning capacity creating high process uncertainty.

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

Campbell County Planning Commission (limited capacity): CUP in Agricultural/Rural zoning; County Commission approval per SB 2373 (2022). Limited planning staff capacity creates process uncertainty.

Setbacks & buffers

No county-specific solar setbacks codified. State minimums apply. Terrain effectively enforces substantial natural buffers.

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

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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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Battery storage (BESS) P1 State-Default Permitting

No confirmed county BESS ordinance.

BESS ordinances & bylaws

County-level battery-storage status, safety requirements, and projects — each linked to a primary source.

Community opposition P1 1 tracked

Organized opposition signals on record for this county — petitions, community groups, and oppositional coverage — each linked to its primary source.

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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1

No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.

State PSC dockets P1

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Local news P3

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Data sources: public agendas/minutes from local government sites; PSC dockets from state regulators; news from GDELT and curated RSS. Last refreshed 2026-09-08. See the county risk scorecard or the full Tennessee permitting index.