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Knoxville Utilities Board solar interconnection: what it requires before you energize
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Small and DIY interconnection requirements
Municipal LPC under TVA, so the TVA framework row applies on top: no net metering exists, and exports only pay via TVA's Dispersed Power Production at avoided cost. documented
The number that stings: KUB charges a $500 application fee for any interconnection, stated plainly on their own page. That's twenty times what NorthWestern Montana charges for the same paperwork. documented
Sequence per local guidance: city or county electrical permit first, KUB interconnection approval after. KUB steers customers toward TVA's Quality Contractor Network and NABCEP-certified installers. documented
With avoided-cost-only exports and a $500 entry fee, the math here is self-consumption or nothing. Size small, use everything you make. documented
sources: KUB generate your own power · TVA dispersed power production
Related: Tennessee Valley Authority (TN + 6 states (153 LPCs)) · Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative (TN (TVA LPC))
Planning a zero-export or plug-in setup here? See the zero-export reality check and equipment notes.
Every claim above is evidence-graded: documented means it traces to the tariff or the utility's own filings, reported means a dated community report. The full table covers 53 utilities: see all of Gridrules.