Solar permitting — Crittenden County, Arkansas
5 indexed meetings (5 energy-related), 12 news items, 3 known opposition groups.
Delta county; West Memphis I-40 corridor; Memphis suburban influence; flat terrain; Entergy grid; moderate reg. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 350-ft max / 200-ft min setbacks. Track record: West Memphis Solar (30 MW, 2022); Cri…
Key driver: Delta county; West Memphis I-40 corridor; Memphis suburban influence; flat terrain; Entergy grid; moderate regulatory posture
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) - Quorum Court/Planning Commission
Setbacks & buffers
No statewide solar siting setback standard has been identified in Arkansas law. Setbacks for utility-scale solar are set locally, by county or municipal zoning where it exists. Verify against the adopting jurisdiction's own ordinance — NOTE: the distances above are a STATE-level fallback, not a figure read from this county's own ordinance. We hold siting-rule records for this county which may include a stricter local limit we have not yet extracted. Verify against the county's own ordinance before relying on these.
Spacing requirements
None established
Size restrictions
None codified; managed via CUP/SUP conditions
Penalties & bonding
No penalties or adjustments. Standard CUP/SUP process.
State-level permits & approvals
County zoning authority; Act 827 sets minimum ANRC standards; conditional use permit or special exception required; decommissioning bond required; setback minimums set by ANRC
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State policy & grid context
State RPS & clean energy policy
No binding RPS | None | Arkansas has no state-mandated RPS; net metering only
State incentive programs
Federal ITC eligible; no Arkansas state solar tax credit; Act 827 ANRC framework
Grid & interconnection
MISO / Entergy Arkansas
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Battery storage (BESS) P1 State-Default Permitting
No confirmed county BESS ordinance.
BESS ordinances & bylaws
County-level battery-storage status, safety requirements, and projects — each linked to a primary source.
Community opposition P1 3 tracked
Organized opposition signals on record for this county — petitions, community groups, and oppositional coverage — each linked to its primary source.
- Arkansas Renewable Energy Projects Stalled by Political Opposition Wind
- It's time to have an honest, facts-based debate about wind energy in Arkansas Wind
- Crittenden County wind turbine moratorium meeting Wind
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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1
5 meetings indexed for this jurisdiction; none flagged as discussing solar, BESS, data centers, wind, or transmission yet. Coverage expands weekly.
State PSC dockets P1
No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.
Local news P3
- 2026-08-27 Entergy Customers Begin Seeing Benefits From Data Center Agreements Fair Share Plus Pledge Keeps Money In Customers Pockets 302862079
- 2026-06-04 Google Data Center Poises West Memphis For Boom
- 2026-01-12 Nextera Solar Project Faces Lawsuit In Little River County
- 2025-11-25 Arkansas Prepares To Implement Wind Power Halting Legislation 349756
- 2025-11-09 First Arkansas Wind Farm Operating In Cross County
- 2025-10-22 Arkansas Needs Wind And Solar To Meet States Growing Energy Needs Advocates Say
- 2025-10-07 Entergy Arkansas Will Power Googles 4B Data Center Investment
- 2025-10-06 Arkansas Wind Power Divisive First Project Live
- 2025-10-04 Google Breaks Ground 4B Data Center West Memphis
- 2025-10-03 Googles 4 Billion Data Center To Transform West Memphis
- 2025-09-15 Google Data Center West Memphis
- 2025-07-23 Crawford County Bans Wind Farms For 5 Years
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