Tennessee Code 65-34-103 – Non-consumer owned electric systems – Expansion limits
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 65-34-103
- Current geographic territory: means the parcels of land, as such parcels are defined or designated by the assessor of property of the county in which the parcels are located, to which a public electric system was providing electric service on February 16, 1989. See Tennessee Code 65-34-102
- Electric and community service cooperative: has the meaning set forth in §. See Tennessee Code 65-34-102
- Municipal electric system: means any electric system owned by any county, municipality, power district, or other subdivision of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 65-34-102
- Non-consumer owned electric system: means any public electric system other than electric and community service cooperatives and municipal electric systems. See Tennessee Code 65-34-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
No non-consumer owned electric system may construct, acquire, or maintain facilities, lines, poles, or other equipment used or useful for the distribution or sale of electricity outside its current geographic territory, nor may any non-consumer owned electric system provide, by sale or otherwise, electricity to any parcel of land located outside its current geographic territory. Should a non-consumer owned electric system enter into an agreement authorized by § 65-34-108, the current geographic territory of that non-consumer owned electric system and the current geographic territory of the municipal electric system or electric and community service cooperative system, which is a party to the agreement, shall be modified as provided in that agreement; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall restrict the construction, acquisition, or maintenance of facilities, lines, poles, or other equipment used exclusively in this state for the transmission or sale at wholesale of electricity to electric and community service cooperatives or municipal electric systems.