Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-211-503

  • municipality: means any county, incorporated town or city, metropolitan government, or special district of this state, empowered to provide solid waste disposal services, or any not-for-profit corporation authorized by the laws of Tennessee to act for the benefit or on behalf of any one (1) or more of such local governments. See Tennessee Code 68-211-501
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The municipality, for the production of any energy, shall charge the usual rates for such heating or cooling and may combine it with any other energy source produced. The municipality shall also have the right to enter into any agreements necessary for the sale of recyclable materials and sale of fuel mixtures and supplements including the right to pledge the revenue from the sale of such energy to pay bonds or loans issued under any bond legislation or any other state legislation permitting energy recovery facilities and resource recovery facilities.