Tennessee Solar Panel Laws

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Tennessee solar panel laws.

With 129 mw of solar power in 2015 tennessee ranked 20th among states for installed solar capacity. However the industry remains in early stages in the state. Utilities and incentive programs may have additional requirements. In all when the third phase is complete about 10 million would have been spent for the solar farm naylor said.

Solar power in tennessee is capable of producing much of the state s electricity. Seia is working to empower tenneseia s role as an advocate in the tennessee valley to create increased solar procurement for commercial and industrial energy users as well as engaging in the legislature for ppa clarification and defending the state tax credit. See tennessee code 1 3 105 solar energy system. Tennessee does not offer net metering laws.

And while tennessee s ambiguous law has made them less common than leases and loans they re still up for grabs by the state s homeowners. In tennessee a contractor must hold a solar panel installation classification in order to be considered qualified. Later the airport garnered another 3 million in federal money allowing it to expand its solar farm to 2 1 megawatts. The largest solar installations in tennessee are the 20 mw selmer and 20 mw mulberry solar farms in mcnairy county both built in 2014.

Seia tennessee state solar policy priorities. They provide you with power at a guaranteed price. Means any device mechanism structure apparatus or part thereof whose primary purpose is to collect solar energy and convert and store it for useful purposes including heating and cooling buildings or other energy saving processes or to produce generated power by means of any combination of collecting transferring or converting solar generated energy. A power purchase agreement or ppa is an agreement between you and your solar panel provider.

Net metering is a system in which solar panels or other renewable energy generators are connected to a public utility power grid and surplus power is transferred into the grid allowing customers to offset the cost of power drawn from the utility. For more information on seia s work in tennessee. You provide them with the roof for the panels. Tennessee s low electric rates make investing in solar power less attractive.