Tennessee does NOT have a strong statewide solar-rights statute that overrides HOA restrictions — a sharp contrast with Florida, California, Texas, Colorado, and Arizona. The Tennessee Solar Access Law of 1979 (T.C.A. 66-9-201 et seq.) only authorizes VOLUNTARY solar easements between adjoining property owners; it does NOT preempt HOA covenants. HOAs in Hendersonville can lawfully restrict, condition, or prohibit residential solar PV through their recorded Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&Rs) and architectural review committee approvals. Hendersonville homeowners should read CC&Rs and ARC guidelines BEFORE signing a solar contract.
Unlike states with explicit HOA-override solar rights statutes (Florida Fla. Stat. 163.04, California Civ. Code 714, Texas Prop. Code 202.010, Colorado C.R.S. 38-30-168, Arizona A.R.S. 33-1816), Tennessee has not enacted a statute that voids HOA prohibitions on residential rooftop solar. The only Tennessee solar-property statute is the Solar Access Law of 1979, codified at T.C.A. 66-9-201 through 66-9-208, which authorizes solar easements ONLY by voluntary written agreement between adjoining property owners (with the easement subject to recordation and the standard rules for real-property easements). The Solar Access Law does NOT preempt CC&Rs, architectural review committees, or HOA assessment-and-fine machinery. T.C.A. 66-9-207 (Solar power facility agreements) and related provisions amended through 2024 deal with utility-scale solar facility decommissioning agreements, not HOA-residential-rooftop disputes. As a result, an HOA in Hendersonville can lawfully prohibit, restrict, or condition residential solar PV through its recorded CC&Rs and ARC approvals, and that prohibition is enforceable in Sumner County Chancery or Circuit Court under standard Tennessee covenant-enforcement law. Tennessee HOA governance generally runs through the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act (T.C.A. Title 48 Chapter 51 et seq.) for the entity, and through the recorded declaration and rules for the property regime. Practical guidance for Hendersonville homeowners in an HOA: read the CC&Rs and architectural guidelines BEFORE signing a solar contract; submit the design (panel color, location, conduit routing, ground-mount setbacks) to the ARC in writing; preserve all correspondence; and budget for the possibility of denial or aesthetic conditions (rear-roof-only placement, dark-frame modules, matching-roof color, screening for ground mounts). Solar contracts should include a contingency clause for HOA approval. Several Tennessee HOA-solar bills (including iterations in the 113th and 114th General Assemblies) have been introduced but none has passed into law as of 2026.
If an HOA denies a solar installation, the Hendersonville homeowner's remedies are limited to those provided by the CC&Rs themselves (architectural appeal, mediation), the corporate procedures of the HOA under the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act (T.C.A. Title 48 Chapter 51 et seq.), and the case-by-case fairness review available in Tennessee courts. Installing solar in defiance of HOA approval can result in injunction, lien for fines, and forced removal at the homeowner's expense — all enforceable in Sumner County Chancery or Circuit Court. Note that even without HOA approval, the City of Hendersonville will still issue the building/electrical permit if the installation meets the Tennessee-adopted building code — the city does not enforce private covenants. But your utility (CEMC or NES) may require an HOA acknowledgment letter for interconnection in some cases.
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