Solar permitting — Wilson County, Tennessee
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⛔ ACTIVE MORATORIUM — Active Moratorium; moratorium expires —confirm expiration with county planning. Permitting: CUP per SB 2373; 500-ft setback. Track record: denial on record — One application denied 2024 (commission 7-4 vote citing suburban growth concerns); one withdrawn. Political environment:…
Key driver: Lebanon TN; east Nashville suburb growing rapidly; mixed rural/suburban transitional county; MTE and Lebanon Electric dual service area; SB 2373 in use but suburban growth trajectory adds rapid pressure; agricultural land supply declining; trajectory rapidly worsening
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
CUP per SB 2373; decommissioning bond required; setback standards pending; Lebanon Electric and MTE coordination
Setbacks & buffers
Setback standards under active discussion 2025; 500 ft from residential proposed
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
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
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
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