Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB1124 Compare Versions

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4	4	SENATE BILL 1124
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8	8	SB1124
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12	12	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
13	13	Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 47; Title 65
14	14	and Title 66, relative to net metering credits.
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16	16	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	17	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1, is amended by
18	18	adding the following as a new section:
19	19	47-18-136.
20	20	(a) As used in this section:
21	21	(1) "Company" means a for-profit or not-for-profit organization,
22	22	association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited
23	23	liability partnership, limited liability company, or other entity or business
24	24	association, including all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries,
25	25	parent companies, or affiliates of those entities or business associations;
26	26	(2) "Net metering credit" means a billing mechanism that credits a solar
27	27	energy system owner or user for the electricity or energy the solar energy system
28	28	adds to the utility grid;
29	29	(3) "Solar energy system" or "system" means a device, mechanism,
30	30	structure, apparatus, or part thereof, whose primary purpose is to collect solar
31	31	energy and convert and store it for useful purposes, including heating and
32	32	cooling buildings or other energy saving processes, or to produce generated
33	33	power by means of any combination of collecting, transferring, or converting
34	34	solar-generated energy; and
35	35	(4) "Utility" means:
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40	40	(A) A public utility, as defined under § 65-4-101, that provides
41	41	electricity;
42	42	(B) A municipal or county-owned utility that provides electricity; or
43	43	(C) A cooperative, as defined under § 65-25-102.
44	44	(b) A company offering to sell or install a solar energy system must provide
45	45	written proof that the utility serving the area where the system is to be installed has a net
46	46	metering program or otherwise offers net metering credits to an owner or user of a
47	47	system before the company enters into an agreement to sell or install the system. The
48	48	written proof required by this subsection (b) must include:
49	49	(1) A description of how the net metering program works, including the
50	50	requirements to participate; applicable fees related to participation; and the
51	51	general or anticipated buyback or crediting rate; and
52	52	(2) A notarized signature or document from the utility verifying that the
53	53	utility has a net metering program or otherwise offers net metering credits to an
54	54	owner or user of a solar energy system in the area in which the system is to be
55	55	installed.
56	56	(c) A violation of subsection (b) constitutes a violation of this part as an unfair or
57	57	deceptive act or practice affecting the conduct of trade or commerce, and is subject to
58	58	the penalties and remedies as provided by this part. Each act in violation of subsection
59	59	(b) constitutes a separate violation of this part.
60	60	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-18-104(b), is amended by adding
61	61	the following as a new subdivision:
62	62	( ) Violating § 47-18-136;
63	63	SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and
64	64	applies to agreements entered into or modified on or after that date.