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Solar permitting — St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

FIPS 22095

0 indexed meetings (0 energy-related), 0 PSC dockets, 0 news items, 6 known opposition groups.

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St. John the Baptist Parish, LA
Risk score 56.2/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: ModerateSolar ordinance on fileTrajectory: WorseningSaturation: Moderate

Southeast Louisiana New Orleans exurban parish; LaPlace seat; Entergy Louisiana MISO grid; growing New Orleans. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 300-ft max / 200-ft min setbacks. Track record: denial on record —

Key driver: Southeast Louisiana New Orleans exurban parish; LaPlace seat; Entergy Louisiana MISO grid; growing New Orleans exurb with rapid residential subdivision expansion; very small parish (219 sq mi) limits viable utility-scale land; active residential development consuming rural parcels; community opposition growing near subdivisions; C-grade reflects small land area, worsening trajectory from suburban growth, and increasing CUP review complexity

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — St. John the Baptist Parish Council

Setbacks & buffers

200 ft from property lines; 300 ft from occupied structures; residential buffer screening required

Spacing requirements

None established

Size restrictions

None codified; managed via CUP/SUP conditions

Penalties & bonding

Total penalty: +5 (Denial +5)

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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State PSC dockets P1

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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.