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Solar permitting — Marshall County, Tennessee

FIPS 47117

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Marshall County, TN
Risk score 40/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: LowNo local solar ordinanceTrajectory: StableSaturation: Low

Rural Middle TN horse-and-cattle country; moderate growth; some solar interest but agricultural identity may… Permitting: CUP per SB 2373. Track record: Marshall County Solar (~20 MW, 2022). Political environment: Republican majori…

Key driver: Rural Middle TN horse-and-cattle country; moderate growth; some solar interest but agricultural identity may generate friction with large-scale ground-mount projects; standard SB 2373 framework

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

CUP per SB 2373; decommissioning bond standard

Setbacks & buffers

Not codified; CUP on case-by-case basis

Spacing requirements

No spacing requirements codified

Size restrictions

No size restrictions codified

Penalties & bonding

No penalties or adjustments. Standard CUP/SUP process.

State-level permits & approvals

County zoning authority under SB 2373 (2022); conditional use permit or special exception required; decommissioning bond often required; setback standards increasingly codified at county level

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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

Grid & interconnection

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) — covers all 95 TN counties

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Community opposition P1

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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1

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State PSC dockets P1

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Data sources: public agendas/minutes from local government sites; PSC dockets from state regulators; news from GDELT and curated RSS; sentiment derived from public meeting transcripts. Last refreshed 2026-07-08. See the county risk scorecard or the full Tennessee permitting index.