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Williamson County amends energy facility ordinance to clarify above-ground wiring
Summary
The commission approved an amendment to the Williamson County ordinance on energy facilities to restore language permitting above-ground wiring in specified conduit systems, reversing a 2024 removal and addressing prior battery-bank and fire-safety concerns.
Williamson County commissioners approved an amendment to the countys energy-facility ordinance at their Jan. 27 meeting that restores language clarifying when above-ground wiring is permitted.
Staff said the ordinance first went out in 2022, was tweaked in 2023, and saw a clause removed in 2024 that had allowed above-ground wiring where it was installed within a complete conduit system. The 2026 amendment reintroduces that allowance while keeping other safety-focused revisions that were previously adopted after concerns about battery banks and fire safety.
Speaker 3, who summarized the ordinance history and the single change in the current draft, told the board the amendment corrects what staff described as a prior inadvertent removal and aligns the ordinance with historically approved practices. Speaker 2 moved to adopt Williamson County ordinance number 26-01-27-01, described in the record as an amendment for bringing energy facilities; the motion was seconded and taken to roll call.
No public hearing testimony on the ordinance was recorded in the meeting transcript. Commissioners said the amendment clarifies acceptable wiring approaches for permitted energy facilities and returns the ordinance text to what staff and the board had previously approved.
