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Solar permitting — Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

FIPS 22075

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Plaquemines Parish, LA
Risk score 55.0/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: ModerateSolar ordinance on fileTrajectory: WorseningSaturation: Low-Moderate

Extreme southeast Louisiana coastal parish; Pointe-a-la-Hache seat; Entergy Louisiana and Plaquemines Electric. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 300-ft max / 200-ft min setbacks. Political environment: Republica

Key driver: Extreme southeast Louisiana coastal parish; Pointe-a-la-Hache seat; Entergy Louisiana and Plaquemines Electric Cooperative MISO grid; Mississippi River delta with extensive marsh, water, and oil/gas infrastructure; very limited viable inland land (most parish is water or marsh); severe hurricane exposure (direct hits from Katrina, Ida) elevating trajectory and uncertainty scores; coastal land loss accelerating; oil/gas-dominated culture broadly accepts energy development but climate risk trajectory worsening; C-grade reflects meaningful viable land deficit, high hurricane uncertainty, and worsening coastal trajectory

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — Plaquemines Parish Government; Coastal Zone Management Act review required

Setbacks & buffers

200 ft from property lines; 300 ft from occupied structures; Louisiana Coastal Zone Management Act compliance required; wind load engineering (ASCE 7-22 Exposure D) for coastal 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.