Solar permitting — Roane County, Tennessee
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⛔ ACTIVE MORATORIUM — Active Moratorium; moratorium expires —confirm expiration with county planning. Permitting: CUP per SB 2373. Track record: Roane County Solar (~20 MW, 2022). Political environment: Republican majority; community: cautious. Grid: TVA (Tennessee Valley Authorit; utility: Kingston…
Key driver: Kingston/Harriman area; TVA Kingston Fossil Plant (2008 coal ash spill) has heightened community scrutiny of all energy projects; some industrial brownfield opportunity; TVA territory; moderate SB 2373 compliance framework
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
CUP per SB 2373; decommissioning bond required; environmental sensitivity review expected
Setbacks & buffers
Not codified; commission sensitive to energy-sector optics post-2008 spill
Spacing requirements
No spacing requirements codified
Size restrictions
No size restrictions codified
Penalties & bonding
Total penalty: +28 | Active moratorium: +28
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
No organized opposition on record for this county yet — no petition, group, or oppositional coverage tracked. Absence of opposition is a positive siting signal.
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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1
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State PSC dockets P1
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Sentiment rollup P2
No sentiment rollup yet (requires meeting transcripts to be processed).
Local news P3
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