Solar permitting — St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
0 indexed meetings (0 energy-related), 0 PSC dockets, 0 news items, 8 known opposition groups.
🟠 HIGH-FRICTION JURISDICTION (Score 60/100, Grade D, deteriorating trajectory) — Southeast Louisiana Northshore New Orleans suburb; Covington seat; Entergy Louisiana MISO grid; fastest-growing affluent suburb in Louisiana with expl. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 300-ft max / 200-ft min setback
Key driver: Southeast Louisiana Northshore New Orleans suburb; Covington seat; Entergy Louisiana MISO grid; fastest-growing affluent suburb in Louisiana with explosive population growth (+5.8% 2020-2023); HOA and neighborhood groups strongly oppose utility-scale solar near residential areas; Parish Council politically responsive to affluent constituents; rural land rapidly converting to residential/commercial; CUP process increasingly difficult; compliance score 60 reflects meaningful HOA-driven political risk; C-grade at high end (54) — borderline C-D reflecting strong worsening trajectory and community opposition pressure
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — St. Tammany Parish Council; neighborhood compatibility review required
Setbacks & buffers
200 ft from property lines; 300 ft from occupied structures; vegetative screening required; neighborhood compatibility review required in R-zoned areas
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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