Solar permitting — St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
0 indexed meetings (0 energy-related), 0 PSC dockets, 0 news items, 8 known opposition groups.
Southeast Louisiana New Orleans suburban parish (Chalmette); St. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 300-ft max / 200-ft min setbacks. Political environment: Republican majority; community: moderate opposition. Grid: MISO
Key driver: Southeast Louisiana New Orleans suburban parish (Chalmette); St. Bernard Parish Government; Entergy Louisiana MISO grid; densely developed post-Katrina suburban parish with essentially no viable utility-scale solar land; Mississippi River industrial corridor (Murphy Oil, ExxonMobil) accounts for most non-residential land; extensive FEMA flood hazard areas and hurricane vulnerability elevate uncertainty; community focused on resilient rebuilding rather than utility solar; C-grade at high end (55) reflects extreme land unavailability, high compliance complexity, and hurricane risk — borderline C-D
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — St. Bernard Parish Government; industrial corridor zoning review required
Setbacks & buffers
200 ft from property lines; 300 ft from occupied structures; FEMA flood zone compliance and wind engineering required; industrial buffer requirements apply near Mississippi River corridor
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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