Solar permitting — Lee County, Arkansas
5 indexed meetings (5 energy-related), 7 news items.
Arkansas Delta; Marianna county seat; very flat; very low density; one of poorest AR counties; Entergy grid;… Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 300-ft max / 150-ft min setbacks. Track record: Marianna Solar (25 MW, 2023); Lee Cou…
Key driver: E Arkansas Delta; Marianna county seat; very flat; very low density; one of poorest AR counties; Entergy grid; solar income critical for landowners; minimal regulatory opposition
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) - County Judge/Quorum Court
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
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
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
- 2026-01-12 Nextera Solar Project Faces Lawsuit In Little River County
- 2025-09-15 Entergy Flat Fork Solar Online
- 2025-09-01 Invenergy Plans Lonoke County Solar
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