Tennessee Code 7-54-102 – Construction, purchase, improvement and operation authorized
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-54-102
- construction: means the erection, building, acquisition by purchase or condemnation, alteration, reconstruction, improvement, or extension of energy production facilities, the engineering, architectural designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures, and other action necessary in the construction of such facilities, and the inspection and supervision of the construction of such facilities. See Tennessee Code 7-54-101
- Energy production facility: means a facility for the production, conversion or transmission of energy from the controlled processing of fossil or other fuels or other sources of energy and the production of electricity, steam or other forms of energy for heating, cooling, manufacturing processes and other uses, and includes "energy recovery facilities" as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 7-54-101
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Municipality: means any town, city, metropolitan government, county or power district of this state, and for all purposes except in §. See Tennessee Code 7-54-101
- Person: means any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm or association, business trust, partnership, joint venture, municipality, and public, municipal, nonprofit, or private corporation organized or existing under the laws of this state or any other state, and any governmental agency or county of this state and any department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government. See Tennessee Code 7-54-101
- Solid waste: means all municipal, commercial, or industrial solid waste, garbage, rubbish, refuse, and other such similar and related materials, including, without limitation, recyclable materials when they become discarded, except those excluded by the department of environment and conservation, which will designate as "special waste" any hazardous or other waste it determines should not be processed in an energy production facility for reasons of public health or safety or because the nature of the waste is such that it is not suitable for processing in an energy production facility. See Tennessee Code 7-54-101
A municipality has the power to construct, own, operate, or maintain within its corporate limits or within the limits of the county wherein it is located, an existing or planned energy production facility or facilities. The construction of such facility or facilities may include all necessary real and personal property, any land that may be required for an alternate means for the disposal of solid waste, rights-of-way, easements, buildings, and all other appurtenances usual to such facilities, as well as the building of all necessary means of transportation or transmission of energy and including obtaining all necessary rights-of-way or easements as necessary. A municipality also has the power to acquire, hold, use, lease, as lessor or lessee, sell or otherwise dispose of any energy production facility and to enter into agreements with any person for the operation of such facility.