(a) A political subdivision that through ordinance, resolution, or other regulation imposes requirements or expectations related to the source of clean energy used by a public utility shall include the following as permissible sources:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-51-2403

  • Clean energy: means energy that is derived from a source known to produce significantly lower carbon emissions than traditional fossil fuels. See Tennessee Code 7-51-2401
  • Political subdivision: means this state or a municipality, public corporation, body politic, authority, district, metropolitan government, county, agency, department, or board of one (1) or more of the entities listed. See Tennessee Code 7-51-2401
  • Public utility: means :
    (A) An entity subject to the jurisdiction of the water and wastewater financing board, or a successor board, in accordance with §. See Tennessee Code 7-51-2401
(1) Solar energy;
(2) Photovoltaic cells and panels;
(3) Hydropower;
(4) Wind power;
(5) Hydrogen fuel;
(6) Nuclear power;
(7) Natural gas;
(8) Fuel cells;
(9) Energy from waste-to-energy facilities;
(10) Energy storage systems or technologies;
(11) Geothermal energy;
(12) Dedicated crops grown for energy production;
(13) Industrial byproduct technologies that use fuel or energy that is a byproduct of an industrial process;
(14) Waste heat recovery from capturing and reusing the waste heat in an industrial process for heating or generating mechanical or electric work;
(15) Combined heat and power systems;
(16) Pumped storage hydropower; and
(17) Compressed air energy storage.
(b) A public utility required by a political subdivision to implement or comply with requirements or expectations related to the source of clean energy used by the public utility meets the requirement if the public utility uses one (1) or more of the sources listed in subdivisions (a)(1)-(17).
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