Solar permitting — Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
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✅ LOW RISK (Score 34/100, Grade A, stable trajectory) — Very rural north-central Louisiana parish; Columbia parish seat; Cleco Power MISO grid; Concordia Electric Coo. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 300-ft max / 150-ft min setbacks. Track record: no prior utility-scale solar on record — greenfi…
Key driver: Very rural north-central Louisiana parish; Columbia parish seat; Cleco Power MISO grid; Concordia Electric Cooperative serves portions; tiny population base means lease income highly attractive to landowners; no established solar ordinance creates clean-slate permitting environment; B-grade reflecting small market but favorable rural permissive baseline
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — Caldwell Parish Police Jury
Setbacks & buffers
150 ft from property lines; 300 ft from occupied structures
Spacing requirements
None established
Size restrictions
None codified; managed via CUP/SUP conditions
Penalties & bonding
Total penalty: +28 | Active moratorium: +28
State-level permits & approvals
Parish zoning authority; no state solar preemption; conditional use permit typically required for utility-scale (>1 MW); no mandatory decommissioning bond statewide (some parishes require it)
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State policy & grid context
State RPS & clean energy policy
No binding RPS | None | Louisiana has no state RPS; voluntary pilot 350 MW distributed
State incentive programs
Federal ITC eligible; Louisiana sales tax exemption for solar equipment; Louisiana property tax exemption for solar; no state income tax credit for commercial solar
Grid & interconnection
MISO / Cleco Power
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Battery storage (BESS) P1 State-Default Permitting
No confirmed parish BESS ordinance.
Local 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. Absence of opposition is a positive siting signal.
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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1
No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.
State PSC dockets P1
No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.
Local news P3
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