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Solar permitting — St. Francis County, Arkansas

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St. Francis County, AR
Risk score 44/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: LowSolar ordinance on fileTrajectory: StableSaturation: Moderate

Arkansas Delta county; Forrest City seat; very flat Delta terrain; active solar development corridor; Entergy. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 300-ft max / 150-ft min setbacks. Track record: Forrest City Solar I (30 MW, 2020); St…

Key driver: E Arkansas Delta county; Forrest City seat; very flat Delta terrain; active solar development corridor; Entergy grid; MISO; population decline drives economic development urgency; three approved projects; growing saturation score

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

Conditional Use Permit (CUP) - Quorum Court/Planning Commission

Setbacks & buffers

150 ft property line; 300 ft occupied structures (ANRC minimums)

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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Data sources: public agendas/minutes from local government sites; PSC dockets from state regulators; news from GDELT and curated RSS; sentiment derived from public meeting transcripts. Last refreshed 2026-07-08. See the county risk scorecard or the full Arkansas permitting index.