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Solar permitting — Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

FIPS 22057

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Lafourche Parish, LA
Risk score 46.7/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: ModerateSolar ordinance on fileTrajectory: StableSaturation: Low-Moderate

Southeast Louisiana oilfield services parish; Thibodaux seat; flat terrain north of the coastal marsh suitable. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 300-ft max / 200-ft min setbacks. Track record: Thibodaux-area agricultural solar gro

Key driver: Southeast Louisiana oilfield services parish; Thibodaux seat; flat terrain north of the coastal marsh suitable for solar; Entergy Louisiana MISO; Lafourche Electric Cooperative serves rural south; significant hurricane exposure (Ida 2021 direct impact) elevates insurance cost and structural compliance burden; oilfield culture means energy projects broadly accepted; B-C boundary but graded B — permissive culture and flat viable terrain with uncertainty score elevated by hurricane exposure

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — Lafourche Parish Government

Setbacks & buffers

200 ft from property lines; 300 ft from occupied structures; coastal construction wind zone compliance required in southern portions

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)

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 / Entergy Louisiana

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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 2026-06-10. See the county risk scorecard or the full Louisiana permitting index.