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Solar permitting — St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

FIPS 22097

0 indexed meetings (0 energy-related), 0 PSC dockets, 0 news items, 12 known opposition groups.

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St. Landry Parish, LA
Risk score 40.7/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: ModerateSolar ordinance on fileTrajectory: StableSaturation: Low-Moderate

Central Louisiana Acadiana parish; Opelousas seat; Entergy Louisiana and Cleco Power MISO dual-territory; flat sugarcane and cotton farmland well-suit. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit. Track record: Opelousas-area agricultural sol

Key driver: Central Louisiana Acadiana parish; Opelousas seat; Entergy Louisiana and Cleco Power MISO dual-territory; flat sugarcane and cotton farmland well-suited to utility-scale solar; moderate density (88.6/sq mi) with rural fringe available; Pro-economic development Police Jury; minimal saturation risk with ample flat land; B-grade reflects permissive flat agricultural terrain, supportive CUP process, and low compliance complexity

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — St. Landry Parish Police Jury

Setbacks & buffers

Per Police Jury conditional permit.

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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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.