Solar companies and setters calling homeowners in Tennessee work under the federal telemarketing rules plus Tennessee's own. Here is what each one means for a solar appointment floor, with the official source for every rule.
From official sources, checked September 26, 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Tennessee requires some telephone sellers or telemarketers to register or be licensed before calling there. Register with the Public Utility Commission; annual fee due May 1. Check the exemptions before your floor dials Tennessee.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1220-04-11-.04Tennessee's own window is 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., the same as the federal window. It covers calls and texts to residential subscribers without prior express permission.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1220-04-11-.02(1)Tennessee keeps its own do not call list. Commission register includes Tennessee numbers from the federal registry. Scrub against it as well as the National Do Not Call Registry.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1220-04-11-.03Tennessee has its own law on automated or recorded sales calls. Monthly cap and records for prerecorded message solicitations since July 2026. It can be stricter than the federal rules.
Tenn. Code Ann. 65-4-411 (2026 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 1029)Recording consent in Tennessee could not be confirmed from an official source. Recording consent statute not read on an official site. Announce recording and confirm with counsel.
Tennessee requires telephone solicitors to register with the Public Utility Commission, bars solicitations to numbers on its do not call and do not text register, limits residential solicitations to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and since July 2026 caps prerecorded message solicitations.
Federal rules and Tennessee's own rules both apply: the National Do Not Call Registry, the calling window, consent rules for automated calls and texts, and any Tennessee registration requirement. The Tennessee rules page lists each one with its source. General information, not legal advice.
Tennessee: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The federal window is 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the homeowner's location; use the narrower one.
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