Electrical Panel permits across Tennessee
Where each city draws the line on electrical panel work. Sort any column — useful if you build across several towns and need to know where the rules change.
The statewide starting point is International Residential Code, принятый Теннесси, 2018. Cities that changed the rule are the interesting rows below.
| Where the line falls | Fee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | 704,963 | Yes | Upgrading or replacing an electrical service panel is ele… | Electrical permit fees are set by the schedule in 16.20.250… |
| Memphis | 610,919 | Yes | Upgrading or replacing an electrical service panel needs … | Electrical permit and inspection fees are set in the locall… |
| Knoxville | 198,722 | Yes | Upgrading or replacing an electrical service panel needs … | Electrical permit fees are set by the city electrical ordin… |
| Chattanooga | 191,496 | Yes | Upgrading or replacing an electrical service panel needs … | An electrical permit fee is charged under the Sec. 14-15 sc… |
| Clarksville | 185,690 | Yes | Any change-out or upgrade of service equipment (panel/ser… | Electrical permit per inspection: 'Change of service' $32.0… |
| Murfreesboro | 168,387 | Yes | Upgrading or replacing an electrical service panel is ele… | Electrical permit fees are set by the City Council; no amou… |
| Franklin | 89,142 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | — |
| Johnson City | 73,635 | Yes | Upgrading or replacing an electrical service panel needs … | The Board of Commissioners may set a permit fee schedule (S… |
| Jackson | 69,303 | Yes | upgrading or replacing an electrical service panel (not a… | — |
| Hendersonville | 63,947 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | — |
| Smyrna | 60,302 | Yes | Upgrading or replacing an electrical service panel requir… | — |
| Kingsport | 57,109 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | — |
| Gallatin | 52,489 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | Current permit fee schedules are available in the Building … |
| Brentwood | 45,525 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | — |
| Mount Juliet | 44,066 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | — |
| La Vergne | 41,430 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | Set by the fee schedule adopted with the annual budget. |
| Germantown | 40,128 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | — |
| Morristown | 32,994 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | — |
| Bristol | 27,867 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | Permit fees set by resolution of city council (§ 14-33(b));… |
| Farragut | 25,242 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | Permit fees set by the general fee schedule resolution adop… |
| Springfield | 19,842 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | — |
| Goodlettsville | 17,433 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | building/electrical permit fee required per Sec. 12-202; am… |
| Nolensville | 15,809 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | — |
“Unconfirmed” means the city's code doesn't state the rule plainly enough to publish. Those city pages link straight to the ordinance section instead.
Why neighboring cities disagree
Every city starts from a model code and then edits it. One town raises the shed cutoff, the next lowers the fence height, a third exempts the structure where its neighbor only exempts repairs to it. None of that is visible from a national article — you have to read each ordinance, which is what these pages do.