Installers, contractors and solar service companies whose service area covers Tennessee.
Tennessee is becoming a solar building hub. Nashville-based Silicon Ranch — one of the largest independent solar power producers in America — is developing the 110-megawatt Copeland Solar Farm in Cumberland County, which will supply Middle Tennessee Electric's members directly when it comes online in late 2027, and it already runs a solar farm of more than 127 megawatts near Memphis. Solar farms are spreading across the state as TVA and its local power companies add low-cost generation for a fast-growing region.
Homeowners should understand the local rules before the sales pitch. Tennessee has no statewide net metering law. Nearly every home in the state gets its power from a local power company distributing TVA electricity, and rooftop systems interconnect under TVA's Dispersed Power Production Program, which pays a modest wholesale-based rate for the power you send to the grid — well below the retail rate you pay for the power you buy. That makes your power company's current buyback rate and contract terms the documents that matter most: ask for them in writing, and size your system with those numbers, not national averages.
The saving grace is usage: Tennessee homes consume more electricity than homes in almost any other state — electric heat and long, humid summers see to that — so a well-sized system still has plenty of bill to work against. Review the Tennessee rebates and incentives, compare the installers below from Nashville and Knoxville to Memphis and Chattanooga, and browse our solar energy resources for guides to heat-pump pairings, battery storage, and reading a buyback contract.
