Solar permitting — Moore County, Tennessee
3 known opposition groups.
Tennessee's smallest county by area; very rural Middle TN; Jack Daniel's/Lynchburg identity; minimal solar dev. Permitting: CUP per SB 2373. Track record: Silicon Ranch / TVA solar farm — $250M / ~3,400 acres near Lynchburg; Metro…
Key driver: Tennessee's smallest county by area; very rural Middle TN; Jack Daniel's/Lynchburg identity; minimal solar development interest given small land base; TVA territory
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
CUP per SB 2373; minimal additional requirements given low project pressure
Setbacks & buffers
None codified statewide. County planning commission or BZA sets site-specific conditions case-by-case via SUP. TVA requirements may apply for grid-connected projects.
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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Battery storage (BESS) P1 State-Default Permitting
No confirmed county BESS ordinance.
Local BESS ordinances & bylaws
County-level battery-storage status, safety requirements, and projects — each linked to a primary source.
Community opposition P1 3 tracked
Organized opposition signals on record for this county — petitions, community groups, and oppositional coverage — each linked to its primary source.
- Metro Council places a moratorium on future solar farms Solar
- Moore County passes solar farm moratorium Solar
- Moore County’s Solar Farm Timeline • Moore County Observer Solar
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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1
No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.
State PSC dockets P1
No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.
Sentiment rollup P2
No sentiment rollup yet (requires meeting transcripts to be processed).
Local news P3
No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.
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