County Commission considers six-month moratorium on solar farms
Meta's $800 million Gallatin data center plans to buy power from a solar farm in Millington in a plan by the Tennessee Valley Authority to add 10,000 megawatts of solar to its grid by 2035. (Courtesy TVA)
The moratorium is to consider requiring county commission approval of solar farms. Also on the Monday, Sept. 11, agenda is the second of three votes on a set of three police reform ordinances.
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