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Solar permitting — Drew County, Arkansas

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Drew County, AR
Risk score 42/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: ModerateSolar ordinance on fileTrajectory: StableSaturation: Low

SE Arkansas timber/agriculture; low density; Entergy grid; University of Arkansas at Monticello presence moder. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 300-ft max / 150-ft min setbacks. Track record: Monticello Solar (22 MW, 2022); Drew

Key driver: SE Arkansas timber/agriculture; low density; Entergy grid; University of Arkansas at Monticello presence moderates politics; standard CUP process

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

Full permitting requirements

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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

No organized opposition on record for this county yet — no petition, group, or oppositional coverage tracked. Read that as nothing found, not as nothing there: absence of records is not evidence of local support.

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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1

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State PSC dockets P1

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Local news P3

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Data sources: public agendas/minutes from local government sites; PSC dockets from state regulators; news from GDELT and curated RSS. Last refreshed 2026-09-25. See the county risk scorecard or the full Arkansas permitting index.