Middle Tennessee Solar Service Areas

Both utilities follow TVA power grid guidelines. Any extra solar electricity your panels send back to the power grid earns wholesale bill credits (about 3¢ to 5¢ per kilowatt-hour) instead of full retail rates. That means the most profitable way to use solar is running your home appliances directly on daytime sunshine. Local building permits also differ: Davidson County permits go through the Metro Nashville Codes Department, while surrounding counties like Williamson, Wilson, and Rutherford work through their respective county building offices.

Tennessee does not have a statewide law that automatically overrides homeowners association (HOA) rules. However, neighborhood associations in communities like Westhaven (Franklin), Lenox Village, or Providence (Mount Juliet) routinely approve solar installations when panels sit flat against the roof, feature sleek all-black designs, and keep electrical piping hidden from street view.

Middle Tennessee enjoys an average of 4.2 to 4.7 hours of strong, direct sunlight every day, adding up to more than 205 sunny or partly sunny days per year. That is plenty of sunshine to produce between 1,250 and 1,450 kilowatt-hours of clean electricity every year for each kilowatt of panels on your roof.

Yes. Our vetted installer network works on single-family suburban homes, historic downtown neighborhoods, and open rural properties across all eight Middle Tennessee counties (Davidson, Williamson, Wilson, Rutherford, Sumner, Robertson, Cheatham, and Dickson).