Legislation Details

File #: BL2026-1522   
Type: Bill Status: First Reading
File created: 8/6/2026 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 8/18/2026 Final action:
Title: An ordinance approving a Solar Services Agreement between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Department of General Services, and Lightwave Sustainable Ventures, LLC for the design, construction, operation, management, and administration services related to photovoltaic solar facilities located at the Juvenile Justice Center building
Sponsors: Kyonzte Toombs, Olivia Hill, Ginny Welsch, Brenda Gadd, Burkley Allen
Attachments: 1. Agreement
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An ordinance approving a Solar Services Agreement between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Department of General Services, and Lightwave Sustainable Ventures, LLC for the design, construction, operation, management, and administration services related to photovoltaic solar facilities located at the Juvenile Justice Center building
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WHEREAS, renewable energy sources are inexhaustible, and free of climate-warming pollution that is harmful to human and environmental health; and,
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Code of Laws Section 2.32.080 sets forth renewable energy portfolio standards to power Metropolitan General Government operations, with the Metropolitan Government required to utilize 100% tier-one renewable energy sources by 2041, not less than 10% of which must be from solar; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County awarded three indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity ("IDIQ") contracts, including Contract No. 6559760 to Lightwave Solar, LLC to finance, design, procure, install, own, lease, operate, and maintain solar photovoltaic installations on properties owned by the Metropolitan Government; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Contract No. 6559760, the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Department of General Services, selected Lightwave Solar, LLC to enter into a Solar Services Agreement for the design, construction, operation, management, and administration services related to the photovoltaic solar facility, (the "System"), located at the Juvenile Justice Center building on 1354 Brick Church Pike, Nashville TN 37207; and,
WHEREAS, Lightwave Solar, LLC entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with Lightwave Sustainable Ventures, LLC related to Contract No. 6559760, approved by the Metropolitan Government; and,
WHERAS, in order to construct the System, pursuant to the Solar Services Agreement, the Metropolitan Government must agree to license a p...

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