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Solar permitting — McMinn County, Tennessee

FIPS 47107

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McMinn County, TN
Risk score 57/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: ModerateSolar ordinance on fileTrajectory: WorseningSaturation: Moderate

East TN industrial/rural mix in TVA territory; moderate regulatory activity under SB 2373; community wariness. Permitting: CUP per SB 2373. Track record: denial on record — None formally denied; one application wit…

Key driver: East TN industrial/rural mix in TVA territory; moderate regulatory activity under SB 2373; community wariness growing as more applications submitted

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

CUP per SB 2373; decommissioning bond required

Setbacks & buffers

Not codified; practice varies by project

Spacing requirements

No spacing requirements codified

Size restrictions

No size restrictions codified

Penalties & bonding

Total penalty: +5 (Denial +5)

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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Sentiment rollup P2

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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.