Solar permitting — Faulkner County, Arkansas
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No active county solar moratorium (adjudicated 2026-09-08). Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 500-ft max / 300-ft min setbacks. Track record: Conway Solar (35 MW, 2021); Faulkner County Solar (40 MW, 2022); Greenbrier Solar (20 MW, 2023); Vilonia Solar.…
Key driver: Little Rock suburb of Conway; fast population growth constraining rural land; elevated CUP scrutiny; Entergy grid; suburban NIMBYism emerging
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) - Planning Commission; public hearing required
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
Spacing requirements
None established
Size restrictions
None codified; managed via CUP/SUP conditions
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
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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